The big, blue jellyfish washing up on Florida beaches this week actually aren't jellyfish at all. Here's what to know about ...

Box jellyfish stings are often described as looking like ... and proliferate seasonally when they are actively breeding. In tropical coastlines of the southern hemisphere, "jellyfish season ...

A British tourist has died after being stung by a tiny, nearly-invisible jellyfish while swimming off Hamilton Island in tropical northern ... person to die from a sting from an Irukandji, a ...

You’ve probably heard the suggestion to pee on a jellyfish sting to take away the pain. And you’ve likely wondered if it ...

Jellyfish have radial symmetry, meaning that if you sliced a jellyfish down the middle, the parts would be symmetrical, like the segments of an orange. These cnidarians are famous for their stinging ...

DURING a meeting with medical assistants from Hospital Langkawi recently, I brought up the subject of jellyfish sting incidents which seem to be on the increase in the past few months. They told ...

“Found mostly in tropical and subtropical seas ... it’s still really painful. Much like a jellyfish sting, it causes welts on the skin. And if you’re stung, don’t pee on it.

They're carried on the currents of tropical waters ... a move which has drastically reduced the number of box jellyfish stings since the 1980s. But Dr Gershwin is calling for the return of ...

Their stings are like minute harpoons fired by springs and are not powerful enough to pierce our thick skin. These are smaller than moon jellyfish, roughly the diameter of a ruler - 30cm or ...