A box jellyfish recently pulled from the waters around a island once called the Island of Death carries a sting that can stop ...

I remember the first time I was stung by a jellyfish. My family and I had driven to the Jersey Shore to spend a day at the ...

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Sentosa — Singapore’s glittering resort island — means “peace and tranquility” in Malay. But its original name tells a different story: Pulau Blakang Mati, “Island of Death Behind.” It turns out the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from NUS and Tohoku University named this new species Chironex blakangmati, after Sentosa’s original name: Pulau ...

Map of jellyfish sample collection in Singapore, showing where the new species was found as well as where C. indrasaksajiae was spotted for the first time in Singapore. Finding highly venomous box ...