Jellyfish have repeatedly riddled the world of marine biology with its toughest mysteries. The immortal jellyfish might be ...

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 ...

It started with a single, glowing pulse in the dark. While on a research expedition offshore near Louisiana, Alexandra Frolova Ruthenbeck, a former Texas A&M University at Galveston doctoral student, ...

Finding highly venomous box jellyfish that are almost invisible in water is not an easy task—but researching them is crucial so that we can learn how to safely avoid them. Stings from these "sea-wasps ...

Researchers identified a new species of box jellyfish and recorded a surprising range expansion for the Thai sea wasp after analyzing the morphology and DNA of a handful of jellies in Singapore.

Jellyfish have remarkable staying power. These marine animals are some of the world’s oldest surviving creatures, predating dinosaurs, sharks, and horseshoe crabs. Having lasted over 500 million years ...