Vacationers at Daytona Beach, Florida were in for a nasty surprise over Memorial Day weekend. Upwards of 300 ocean goers were stung by jellyfish. The species responsible was likely the moon jellyfish, ...

Beyond snakes and spiders, nature harbors venomous mammals, mollusks, and fish employing toxins for defense and predation.

According to Dr. Gold, Burgessomedusa’s bell-like shape is reminiscent of modern box jellyfish, which are potent predators that pack a deadly sting. “Box jellyfish are active hunters and use ...

Box jellyfish where they shouldn't be. One concerning shift has been in the range of box jellyfish, some species of which can be deadly. "The box jellyfish that we have an abundance of in Hawaii ...

While swarm of jellies may look serene, you're best off keeping your distance. A sting from the most dangerous jellyfish on Earth can be deadly. Even when we're not looking at the most dangerous ...

Many creatures defy the two-eye norm, developing multiple eyes for survival. Spiders use their eight eyes for hunting or ...

Because box jellyfish are so distantly related to other ... Box jellies are distinguished from true jellyfish in part by their complex visual system — the grape-size predators have 24 eyes.

The oldest-ever jellyfish fossil from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered. The free-swimming predatory jellyfish, named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis, was discovered from fossil ...

Like other jellyfish, box jellyfish are brainless, controlling their cube-shaped bodies with a distributed network of neurons. That network, it turns out, is more sophisticated than you might assume.

The jellyfish specimens were found in the Burgess Shale, a fossil-rich site in the Canadian Rockies that provides a glimpse of life during Earth’s Cambrian explosion.