Using box jellyfish as an example, researchers from Kiel University show how the physics of density, not behavior or physiology, can prevent animals from reaching the surface even as they actively ...

The box jellyfish is famous for its venom, but its bizarre collection of 24 eyes may be even more remarkable than its sting.

Bobbing and gliding, twisting and rippling, more than six dozen moon jellies of various sizes gyrate in a low, semi-circular ...

Everything you need to know about safely navigating around the stinging creatures. Jessica Safavimehr is a writer, editor, and storyteller. Her career spans national media brands, including FANGORIA, ...

Jellyfish myths and misconceptions abound. Here’s how to stay safe this beach season around these gelatinous wonders.

If you could peer inside the mouth and throat of a leatherback sea turtle, you would find something intriguing. Their tongue and esophagus are coated with tiny spines. But what are they made of, and ...

For more than two decades, SpongeBob SquarePants has featured a fictional menu that fans instantly recognize, led by the legendary Krabby Patty. This video explores what happens when those animated ...

When driving up to the departure gates at San Diego International Airport's new Terminal 1, the first thing travelers might notice is art. Two new sculptures flank the approach — including a gigantic, ...

Despite looking like harmless translucent blobs, jellyfish have an appetite that researchers worry could wreak havoc in the Salish Sea. In 2019 and 2020, University of Washington student Haila Schultz ...

A major nuclear power plant in northern France temporarily shut down because of the presence of a “massive and unforeseeable” swarm of jellyfish inside its cooling system. Électricité de France, the ...