Explorer, storm chaser and YouTuber George Kourounis stung himself with a deadly box jellyfish to see how he would deal with its potent venom.

The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful venom to instantly stun or kill prey, like fish and shrimp, so their struggle to escape wouldn’t damage its delicate tentacles.

Contact with a box-jellyfish can be fatal. Now, Australian researchers have discovered an antidote that blocks the symptoms of the sting, as long as it's applied to the skin within fifteen minutes.

But stings from some types of jellyfish — such as the box jellyfish (also called sea wasp ... These stingers can continue to release (or "fire") jellyfish venom (poison) into the body. Treatment can ...

Box jellyfish are being caught in drag nets at north Queensland beach despite their numbers declining in the far north. Surf lifesavers are warning people to stay out of the water at popular Eimeo ...

The species are considered deadly because their tentacles are covered in “biological booby traps known as nematocysts - tiny darts loaded with poison,” NOS said. Box jellyfish are fast swimmers with ...