A Taranaki fisher is warning people to take care around stingrays this summer after being stung in his foot - through his ...

Most famously, wildlife icon Steve Irwin was killed in 2006 after a barb pierced his chest. James Cook University stingray researcher Jaelen Myers said stingrays used their barbed tails as a ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest ... Each ray has a sharp barb on the base of its tail that can easily penetrate human skin and bone, much like a hunting arrow.

The stingray gets its name from its venomous barbed tail. It has sharp spines ... If the wound is not serious, however, you ...