It started with a single jellyfish glowing near a research boat.

They have no brains, no spine, no heart. And they’re not politicians. They are jellyfish. And they’ve been around for over ...

It is estimated that there are between 700,000 and one million creatures living in the ocean. To date, approximately 242,500 of those marine animals have been discovered. This means that, in the ...

For three summers in a row, researchers working in the Mai Po Nature Reserve noticed something unusual drifting through the brackish shrimp ponds. At first glance, the small, translucent animal looked ...

SeaWorld San Diego’s newest attraction is an aquarium full of jellyfish species that has guests of all ages feeling like they’ve stepped into an underwater lava lamp with these otherworldly creatures.

(Maura McCarthy) Jellyfish species have all kinds of offbeat common names: fried-egg jellies, cabbage heads, big reds. But their scientific names can be funky too. Phialella zappai is named in honor ...

Field expeditions in marine biology can be unpredictable. Sometimes, they yield little more than old barnacles; other times, ...

Jace Tunnell describes finding a ghostlike creature on the beach: an almost invisible jellyfish whose delicate “ribs” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tripedalia cystophora image shown. Tripedalia maipoensis and Tripedalia cystophora are very closely related box jellyfish within ...