Box jellyfish get their name from their cube-shaped bell, with long tentacles trailing from each corner. When alive in the water, those tentacles can stretch several feet. "Unlike most jellyfish, they ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A neon-pink blob appears in my line of vision. Even though I’m wearing a snorkel mask, I’m holding my breath. Slowly, the blob floats closer and closer before suddenly puffing up like a balloon. The ...

Jellyfish are largely misunderstood as a brainless, stinging nuisance that often fall victim as bycatch in net fisheries. Yet, these ancient, translucent creatures are an excellent source of pure ...

The Honolulu Ocean Safety Department has issued a box jellyfish advisory for Waikiki beaches this morning. Lifeguards have posted warning signs after observing them in Waikiki. Officials also issued ...

Thousands of electric blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures have once again washed up on Central Coast beaches this week. Known by the nickname of by-the-wind sailors, velella velella are hydrozoans — a ...

Beachgoers in Southern California are being warned to watch out for non-lethal stinging jellyfish before they hit the water or sand this weekend. “LA County Lifeguard Division advises beachgoers to ...

Most polychaete species spend their lives in burrows in the seabed. However, adult individuals of two species, Alitta succinea and Platynereis dumerilii, leave their burrows to spawn during warm ...

On a calm summer's morning in southern Australia, the water can look deceptively clear, until you see thousands of gelatinous shapes washing ashore. In January, thousands of pink lion's mane jellyfish ...

This week’s Beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I found a ghostlike visitor washed ashore, an almost invisible jellyfish etched with delicate, radiating “ribs” that resemble fine glasswork.

Leaving behind their war-hardened hometown, a Ukrainian couple crossed an ocean to open the United States’ first Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach. Created by Yana Yanovska and Alex Yanovskyi, the ...

This week’s Beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I found a ghostlike visitor washed ashore: an almost invisible jellyfish etched with delicate, radiating “ribs” that resemble fine glasswork.