A five-year-old boy stung by a deadly box jellyfish at a beach in Australia is lucky to be alive and prompt treatment with vinegar helped save him. The boy was swimming at Casuarina Beach near Darwin, ...

The Australian box jellyfish, not any snake or scorpion, holds the title of the most venomous marine animal on the planet. Despite widespread public fear of reptiles and arachnids, this translucent ...

Close up of a irukandji, a poisonous and dangerous box jellyfish from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia© Anna LoFi/Shutterstock.com One minute, you’re swimming in the sparkling water off the Queensland ...

I have a confession to make. As a kid, I had an irrational fear of all kinds of different ocean life. From great white sharks to Portuguese man-o-war to sea snakes. And this was the level of ...

Work by a James Cook University researcher could soon keep swimmers safer, thanks to a revolutionary technology that can track one of the world's most venomous animals, the Australian box jellyfish.

Highly venomous jellyfish have stung more than three thousand people on Australia's northeastern shores in just a few days, authorities said Monday, forcing the closure of several beaches. The massive ...

It’s out-of-the-box scary. The Tripedaliidae jellyfish species has welcomed its fourth family member — a new 24-eyed creature that measures just over a half-inch long and carries a remarkably ...