Find out why the notorious box jellyfish deserves its loathsome reputation. The animal's toxins are among the strongest found ...

A transparent jellyfish shows how cells can crawl and pull their way to wound healing ...

Jellyfish are more advanced than once thought. A new study from the University of Copenhagen has demonstrated that Caribbean box jellyfish can learn at a much more complex level than ever ...

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As a lake researcher, I have in recent years had quite a few people ask me whether jellyfish really do live in lakes. Some people think they are seeing things, or that their friends or family are.

One of the biggest mysteries of evolution is how species first developed complex vision. Jellyfish are helping scientists solve this puzzle, as the group has independently evolved eyes at least nine ...

It's jellyfish season on Cape Cod, and this year lion's mane sightings are surging. You've just been stung. Do you know what to do next?

From harmless moon jellyfish to the deadly box jellyfish and the enormous lion's mane, we're ranking some of the world's most ...

The Metedeconk is not the only river along the Jersey Shore where clinging jellyfish are found. They have been discovered from Sandy Hook to Cape May, including in the Shrewsbury River, in Cape May ...

For years, science fiction has promised a future filled with robots that can swim, crawl and fly like animals. In one research lab at Caltech, what once felt like distant imagination is becoming ...

Most people think the great white shark is the ocean predator they should fear the most. However, this type of jellyfish, statistically speaking, is much deadlier. Sharks are probably the animal that ...