The rules of Japan’s national sport are relatively straightforward: two rikishi—literally, “strong men”—face each other near the center of the ring, crouched on their haunches, like plus-size ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and gives you a gentle warning. Other times, it hands you one of the most venomous creatures on Earth — and lets you live to tell the tale. That’s exactly what ...

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Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...

The Mazama newts are a unique subspecies of newts. They evolved over hundreds of years in Oregon’s Crater Lake after being cut off from tributaries, and can’t be found anywhere else in the world as a ...