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 ...

Find out why the notorious box jellyfish deserves its loathsome reputation. The animal's toxins are among the strongest found ...

Australian surfer Guy Rowles was stung by a suspected box jellyfish while surfing at Fiji’s Cloudbreak, suffering intense pain and cardiac distress. With antivenom no longer an option by the time he ...

Most people think the great white shark is the ocean predator they should fear the most. However, this type of jellyfish, statistically speaking, is much deadlier. Sharks are probably the animal that ...

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 ...

An Australian surfer is lucky to be alive after being stung by the “world’s most dangerous animal” while on holiday in Fiji.

(Maura McCarthy) Jellyfish species have all kinds of offbeat common names: fried-egg jellies, cabbage heads, big reds. But their scientific names can be funky too. Phialella zappai is named in honor ...