In fact, urine has no effect on the venom because it dilutes and spreads the stinging cells still on your skin, said Philip Swart, the medical director at Altezza Travel, a tour operator in Tanzania.

While the warm summer weather leads many to take trips to the Jersey Shore, it also leads to increased jellyfish sightings across the beaches. Although jellyfish sightings themselves aren't harmful, a ...

The Irukandji jellyfish defies every rule of nature: tiny, translucent, and almost weightless, yet capable of killing within ...

A researcher is trying to solve a marine mystery in the waters off Cape Cod — why a particular jellyfish, not known for stinging people, has been stinging swimmers in recent years. Using protective ...

At Delaware's Lewes Beach, Beach Patrol Captain Strohm Edwards has seen more jellyfish this year than any other and stings have tripled. Along the Nantucket Sound shoreline, researchers believe ...

None of the incidents were life threatening, officials said. Hundreds and hundreds of central Florida beach-goers enjoying the sun and surf this week were faced with a very unpleasant shock. About ...