A close-up of a tiny translucent jellyfish against a black background Two fishers from Australia were recently airlifted to hospital after being stung by one of the most venomous jellyfish in the ...

SWIMMERS are being urged to take extra care in waters off Queensland amid warnings the deadly irukandji jellyfish is moving further south. Four people have been hospitalised since Wednesday after ...

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Bluebottle jellyfish have invaded Australia’s Gold and Sunshine Coasts. This past weekend, the jellyfish (also known as the Portuguese man-of-war) stung more than 5,000 people, and many of the victims ...

ADELAIDE, Australia Ben Southall -- who won a contest to blog for six months about life on Australia's Hamilton Island to promote tourism -- wrote Tuesday that he was lucky to have survived his brush ...

Australia's surfing team have named themselves the Irukandjis after one of the deadliest species of jellyfish on the planet, as they seek to inject a bit of cold-blooded killer instinct into their ...

A new wave of support is emerging as Australia has its newest national team. And the surfing mascot has distinct indigenous links. But when it comes to winning Olympic gold medals in Tokyo, poetry on ...

Irukandji jellyfish, which are around the same size as a dime, have a venom-filled sting that can trigger an extremely painful and occasionally deadly syndrome. When you purchase through links on our ...