Portuguese man o' war, often mistaken for jellyfish, have been sighted on Florida beaches. While rarely fatal to humans, the sting can be intense and should be treated with hot compresses ...

Ross Edgley is, objectively, one of the fittest people on the planet. Who else do you know with a CV that includes swimming around the entire UK, completing muscle-ups with a 20kg weight plate hanging ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Athlete-adventurer Ross Edgley prefaces a lot of his anecdotes with: “And this is really interesting”. Usually people follow this phrase with something unbearably banal. But as the first and ...

Athlete-adventurer Ross Edgley prefaces a lot of his anecdotes with: “And this is really interesting”. Usually people follow this phrase with something unbearably banal. But as the first and only ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

According to WebMD, the venom of bluebottle jellyfish is “a mix of phenols and proteins that are deadly to their prey, but not to humans.” Its sting causes an “intense jolt of pain which ...