James Bertakis tried to swat a stingray away after it flopped onto his boat Wednesday. For his trouble, the 3-foot-wide ray stung him, leaving a barb in his chest that eventually lodged in his heart.

A man helped save a spotted eagle ray that was flopping around on a burning-hot dock, but he nearly got a nasty sting in the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — During the Virginia Aquarium's busy season, there's usually a crowd lining the stingray tank. Kids can watch as the docile, friendly, contained creatures swim up to visitors.

A woman has narrowly escaped death after being attacked by a stingray while snorkeling in South Australia. Pam Bennett, 68, was snorkeling 50 meters offshore at Treasure Cove on the southern Yorke ...

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Stingray barbs contain various enzymes and other proteins that interact with the human body in complex ways. Stingray wounds can be deep, painful, and easily infected. But the animals themselves are ...

A fisherman was wounded by a stingray he accidentally caught Friday evening at Robert Moses State Park, officials said. A fisherman with a rod and a reel at the state facility’s boat basin overlooking ...

Pam Bennett, 68, was snorkeling 50 meters offshore at Treasure Cove on the southern Yorke Peninsula when a stingray struck her, piercing her arm with a 6-inch barb in a harrowing attack, the ...

BEERWAH, Australia -- Steve Irwin pulled a poisonous stingray barb from his chest in his dying moments, his longtime manager said Tuesday, after watching videotape of the attack that killed the ...