A Hong Kong university team said it has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the city's Mai Po Nature Reserve, the first discovery of the venomous species in China's waters. Baptist ...

A Hong Kong university team said it has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the city's Mai Po Nature Reserve, the first discovery of the venomous species in China's waters. Baptist ...

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.

There are approximately 200 described species of scyphozoans. Most are free-swimming species with the characteristic bell-shaped body, also called a medusa. Cubozoans are more commonly known as box ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. When the animals, nicknamed elegant jellyfish, were initially collected off the coast of Japan, they were assumed to be T. formosa, a species ...

Jellyfish can produce offspring both sexually and asexually; depending on the species, they may be able to create copies of themselves by dividing in two, or laying down little pods of cells ...

While the lack of box jellyfish might seem like a positive for Far North swimmers, this dramatic drop in their numbers could have long-term consequences for the local marine ecosystem and species ...

In Townsville, box jellyfish and Irukandji have been caught around Horseshoe Bay on Magnetic Island this year. The Irukandji jellyfish is a small, extremely venomous species of box jellyfish ...

A young girl was rushed to the hospital after being stung by a jellyfish at Changi Beach at around 3pm on Sunday (Jan 26). A ...

At least, it usually is. The life cycle of most jellyfish species is similar. Museum curator Miranda Lowe explains, 'They have eggs and sperm and these get released to be fertilised, and then from ...

A jellyfish species has killed more than 200,000 salmon in Scotland in what is believed to be the single worst incident of it type, campaigners say. The String of Pearls Jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria ...