An international research team of biologists confirmed the presence of Chironex yamaguchii, a dangerous species of box ...

Forty to 100 people a year die this way. And get this — the box jellyfish keeps on defending itself after it dies. People who touch the tentacles of a dead box jellyfish can still get a painful, and ...

The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful venom to instantly stun or kill prey, like fish and shrimp, so their struggle to escape wouldn’t damage its delicate tentacles.

“Jellyfish require less oxygen and are more tolerant of these dead zones so they expand to fill in areas where finfish are no longer as successful,” said Maldin. “They tolerate a lot.” Box ...

What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.

Most are free-swimming species with the characteristic bell-shaped body, also called a medusa. Cubozoans are more commonly known as box jellyfish. They differ from scyphozoan jellyfish because of ...

Box jellyfish are being caught in drag nets at north Queensland beach despite their numbers declining in the far north. Surf lifesavers are warning people to stay out of the water at popular Eimeo ...