A five-year-old boy stung by a deadly box jellyfish at a beach in Australia is lucky to be alive and prompt treatment with vinegar helped save him. The boy was swimming at Casuarina Beach near Darwin, ...

One minute, you’re swimming in the sparkling water off the Queensland coast. The next minute, you’re fighting for your life. That’s a plausible series of events for people unlucky enough to be stung ...

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 this was the level of ...

Australian researchers believe they have found an antidote to a sting from the world's most venomous creature, the much-feared box jellyfish. Researchers at the University of Sydney had been ...

Highly venomous jellyfish have stung more than three thousand people on Australia's northeastern shores in just a few days, authorities said Monday, forcing the closure of several beaches. Bluebottle ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney say they have discovered a potential antidote for the sting of the world's most venomous sea creature: the Australian box jellyfish. The jellyfish has about 60 ...