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.

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 ...

She realised she had experienced the full horror of a box jellyfish, whose venom can cause heart failure in people in extreme cases. Luckily for the influencer, also among the visitors was an ...

Last month, content creator Julie — who posts under the TikTok account @julieanddaniel_ with her boyfriend Daniel — shared a clip of moment she sat on a deadly box jellyfish while she was ...

Irish couple Julie and Daniel were swimming during a three-day excursion along remote islands in the Philippines when Julie made contact with a box jellyfish. She said the translucent stinger was ...

Crews from the Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee and the Division of Aquatic Resources remove invasive upside-down jellyfish from the swimming area at Kaunakakai Harbor. They visit several ...

An influencer captured the moment she unknowingly sat on a deadly box jellyfish in the Philippines Content creator Julie was on a boat excursion with her boyfriend Daniel when the incident took place ...