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Welcome to explore some of the world’s best scuba diving in the Philippines. The world-renowned Apo Island with its walls, ...

Being bitten by a strange animal can be extremely scary, especially since so many species use venom against their prey. One such animal is the blue-ringed octopus. While octopus venom is not typically ...

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) ...

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 ...

Andy McConnell shared a video of a blue-ringed octopus during a recent vacation in the Philippines Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment ...

A British man in the Philippines unknowingly handled one of the deadliest animals in the world on Wednesday. Andy McConnell was vacationing in the Philippines when he stumbled across a blue-ringed ...