a girl exclaims. “I think they’re just mesmerizing,” Jennie Janssen, the assistant curator who oversees the care of the aquarium’s jellyfish, tells me. “They don’t have a brain, ...

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.

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 ...