Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant ...

Nobody wants to experience a jellyfish sting. Luckily, if you stay alert and know what to look for, you can significantly ...

Scientists found a free-living coral species actively travels toward blue light resembling its natural habitat and moves like a jellyfish to migrate.

New research conducted at Caltech aims to make that a reality through the creation of what researchers call biohybrid robotic jellyfish. These creatures, which can be thought of as ocean-going ...

Despite their name, jellyfish aren’t ... but they also live in different habitats; some like the ocean surface, others the depths, and a few prefer freshwater. What unites them is that they ...

The spectacle of thousands of jellyfish at Hobart's waterfront dock may be breathtaking, but a leading scientist has warned ...

Jellyfish have survived for over 500 million years, making them more ancient than the dinosaurs. Today these otherworldly creatures can be found around the world, from coastal shallows to the ocean ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

The most common sea animals are those without a backbone, such as jellyfish and shrimp. There are thousands of species of jellyfish and shrimp. Some jellyfish are clear, but some have bright colours ...

“Many ocean-dwelling species rely on light ... providing a better chance of ending up in a suitable area.” Jellyfish also use pulsed inflation to swim through the water, but the pulsed ...