One minute, you’re swimming in the sparkling water off the Queensland coast. The next minute, you’re fighting for your life.

(Maura McCarthy) Jellyfish species have all kinds of offbeat common names: fried-egg jellies, cabbage heads, big reds. But their scientific names can be funky too. Phialella zappai is named in honor ...

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 ...