Australian box jellyfish have 60 flat-looking tentacles that are packed with stinging cells. These cells contain tiny harpoons attached to bulbs filled with lethal poison.

A stock image of an Australian box jellyfish. Box jellyfish, so-named for their cuboid body shape, are extremely venomous, with tentacles up to 10 feet long studded with tiny poisonous darts ...

A 17-year-old boy has died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish on a Queensland beach, Australia. The teenager was swimming at Patterson Point, near Bamaga, on February 22 when he was stung ...

A box jellyfish caused its first death in 15 years when an Australian teenager died this week. Universal Images Group via Getty Images A 17-year-old boy has died nearly a week after being stung by ...

The Australian box jellyfish carries enough venom in its tentacles his to kill more than 60 people. A single sting from can cause excruciating pain, ...

The last Australian to die from a box jellyfish was in 2022, when 14-year-old Mark Angelo Ligmayo tragically died after being stung at Eimeo Beach, north of Mackay. Read more.

17-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Stung by a Box Jellyfish in Australia. The boy, who has not been publicly named, died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish. By. Jason Hahn. Jason Hahn.

Australian teenager is first to die from box jellyfish sting in 15 years. The 17-year-old was stung by the highly-venomous creature while swimming near Cape York ...

It’s out-of-the-box scary. The Tripedaliidae jellyfish species has welcomed its fourth family member — a new 24-eyed creature that measures just over a half-inch long and carries a remarkably ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Authorities in Queensland, Australia, were forced to close beaches across the region over the weekend amid what local officials said was a jellyfish “epidemic ...

A 17-year-old boy has died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish on a Queensland beach, Australia. The teenager was swimming at Patterson Point, near Bamaga, on February 22 when he was stung ...