"It's still really painful like number eight or nine [on the pain scale]," a man says after being stung through his workboot.

The stingray's barb was buried a few inches deep into her back, just missing her lungs. She's now sharing her terrifying experience while in the hospital with 8 On Your Side. A Tampa woman is ...

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

RICHMOND defender David Astbury wants in after having a stingray barb removed from his foot, while the luckless Chris Knights could make his long-awaited comeback against the Western Bulldogs on ...

The 24-year-old needed surgery to remove a stingray barb from his left foot after being stung at Port Melbourne beach on Wednesday. The much-improved defender was wading in waist-deep water during an ...

They can discuss what the barb is for and how this defends the stingray. They can then identify other animals that have adaptations for defending themselves against predators or threats.