As sea temperatures rise, jellyfish are once again a familiar sight on many beaches, even in the Baltic and North Seas. A ...

Jellyfish are among the oldest animals on Earth, found in all the world's oceans and serve as valuable model systems for biological research. Microbiologists at Kiel University (CAU) have now shown ...

Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria and kill them through a lysis process. Phages can kill bacteria on or in a multicellular host organism, such as the polyp of the ...

A massive jellyfish swarm invaded a popular seawater pool on Cornwall's coast in early July, leaving it unusable. Moon ...

Recently, the low midafternoon tides created ideal conditions for beachcombing around lunchtime. I discovered an array of treasures, including sea walnut comb jellies, starnut sea beans and moon ...

At first, just a few of the floating jellies made their way to the surface in Newport Harbor, catching the eye of passengers on a passing Duffy boat as the translucent sea creatures pulsed with the ...

Swimmers wanting to avoid being stung by jellyfish may want to watch the sky as much as the sea after Israeli researchers found a link between their arrival and the phase of the moon. The Israeli ...

They don’t have a brain, and yet they’re able to survive—to thrive—generation after generation.” Flower hat jellies exemplify ...

Climate change is warming ocean waters, making the environment more acidic thanks to the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This endangers various marine species, and monitoring those ...