An Australian teenager has died after a suspected box jellyfish sting, authorities said Thursday, in a rare case believed to be the country's first such death in 15 years. Health officials said the 17 ...

Found in the tropical waters of northern Australia, this species is one of the roughly 50 known species of box jellyfish in ...

The boy, who has not been publicly named, died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles ...

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A box jellyfish caused its first death in 15 years when an Australian teenager died this week. Universal Images Group via Getty Images A 17-year-old boy has died nearly a week after being stung by a ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, more than 150 million jellyfish stings are reported worldwide every year. Most do not require professional medical treatment, but stings from a venomous species — ...

Dear FLORIDA TODAY Subscriber, 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 ...

MALAYSIA'S tropical waters are home to a diverse array of marine life, from colourful coral reefs to fascinating sea ...

Australian spotted jellyfish typically reach up to 18 to 20 inches in diameter. Orest via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 An invasive jellyfish native to the western Pacific Ocean has washed up a ...

(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 ...

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 ...