Luckily for those of us in the U.S., most jellyfish encountered in American waters will not cause serious harm. However, one ...

Also called the box jelly due to its cube-shaped bell, sea wasps are the most venomous type of jellyfish found, with it’s sting sometimes being severe enough to require hospitalization.

Sometimes called "sea wasps," these jellyfish can be highly dangerous. They've generally been found in the tropics, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean but now also exist in Florida ...

Sea box, or sea wasp jellyfish, are identifiable by their box-shaped tops. They are also blue, white and even transparent in color. They also have longer tentacles, but the shape of their tops is ...

The most common jellyfish along South Carolina beaches are cannonball, mushroom, moon, lion’s mane, sea nettle and sea wasp. A sting from one of these jellyfish can range in severity from mild ...

Harmful jellyfish have stingers (nematocysts) capable of piercing the skin. Other creatures with nematocysts include Portuguese man-of-war, sea wasps, anemones, and fire corals. These organs ...

Out of the around 50 species of box jellyfish, which are also known as sea wasps, only a few have poison that’s deadly to humans. “While box jellyfish are found in warm coastal waters around ...

MAYBE A SEA WASP. THE STING IS A LOT MORE POWERFUL THAN A NORMAL JELLY FISH THAT WOULD WASH UP ON SHORE. >> AN ONSHORE WIND IS THE CULPRIT, SWEEPING JELLYFISH INTO SHALLOW WATER WHERE UNSUSPECTING ...

Keep in mind they are being compared to the mushroom jellyfish (Rhopilema verrilli), and to sea wasps (Tamoya haplonema and Chiropsalmus quadrumanus), the latter which can cause serious stings ...

With a baking hot summer just starting, millions of Americans have already begun flooding the nation’s beaches. They’ll face traffic jams, algae blooms, sunburn and a rising threat – painful ...