From exploding flocks of green pigeons to ghostly crabs in tide pools, discover how nature’s finest illusionists—on land, in ...

For a sea lion, the pleasure comes from a toxin named tetrodotoxin (TTX), the same substance that makes a blue-ringed octopus ...

A filmmaker visiting the Los Islotes sea lion colony north of La Paz, Mexico, was expecting to dive with hundreds of friendly sea lions but was surprised by a staggering sight: sea lions attacking a ...

Some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet are not the ones with the sharpest teeth or the largest bodies. They are, ...

The blue-ringed octopus is the only octopus to have a lethal toxin that can kill humans. Read here to learn about potential ...

Some of the most photographed animals carry venom, crushing force, disease risk, or defensive reactions that escalate in seconds when stress appears. Across coasts, forests, wetlands, and city-edge ...

Blue Origin is targeting late February for the third launch of its mega-rocket, New Glenn. But it won’t be heading to the moon, as the company had previously suggested. The rocket will instead carry a ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do the same. Cephalopods like the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) ...

In the vast underwater world, where survival often depends on outsmarting others, octopuses stand as unrivaled masters of disguise. These remarkable cephalopods possess an extraordinary arsenal of ...

British journalist Andy McConnell had a "brush with death" when he handled one of the world’s deadliest octopuses during a trip to the Philippines. The writer and author, who regularly appears on BBC ...

It is not every day that you watch a small act of care change the course of a sea creature’s life. In a widely shared Instagram clip, an octopus lies stranded at the waterline. A beachgoer gently ...

A British man recorded himself handling a blue-ringed octopus – one of the most venomous animals on earth, while on holiday in the Philippines recently. Andy McConnell, who has been the glass expert ...