Box Jellyfish

The transparent creature was found in Hong Kong's Mai Po Nature Reserve, where the new species, Tripedalia maipoensis, was given its name.

An Australian teenager has died after a suspected box jellyfish sting, authorities said Thursday, in a rare case believed to be the country's first such death in 15 years.

The world's smallest jellyfish have been causing havoc in Australia's north coast over the festive summer period after a 10th victim was transferred to hospital from a spate of stings.

A 20-year-old German tourist has died after being stung by a poisonous box jellyfish off the popular island resort of Koh Samui, police said today, the third known fatality in Thailand in just over a year.

The transparent creature was found in Hong Kong's Mai Po Nature Reserve, where the new species, Tripedalia maipoensis, was given its name.

An Australian teenager has died after a suspected box jellyfish sting, authorities said Thursday, in a rare case believed to be the country's first such death in 15 years.

The world's smallest jellyfish have been causing havoc in Australia's north coast over the festive summer period after a 10th victim was transferred to hospital from a spate of stings.

A 20-year-old German tourist has died after being stung by a poisonous box jellyfish off the popular island resort of Koh Samui, police said today, the third known fatality in Thailand in just over a year.