Researchers have just learned how parasitoid wasps rapidly develop new venoms via an often overlooked evolutionary mode of acquiring new genes. Parasitoid wasps use venom to alter the metabolism, ...

Also known as sea wasps and marine stingers ... the box jellyfish has a powerful venom that can kill you — and make that ...

the sea wasp, so most encounters are not life-threatening. Stings will normally subside on their own, but people who are highly allergic or show signs of breathing difficulty, irregular heartbeat ...

especially if you’re one of the cockroaches that the wasp is notorious for hunting. A single sting can stop a roach in its tracks, with subsequent stings turning the insect into a zombie that ...

Their venom is considered to be among the most deadly ... Box jellies, also called sea wasps and marine stingers, live primarily in coastal waters off Northern Australia and throughout the Indo ...

However, the award for the fastest-acting venom goes to the Australian Box Jellyfish or Sea Wasp. It is not the most potent venom out there, but encounter with one of these guys, and you’ll be ...