(Maura McCarthy) Jellyfish species have all kinds of offbeat common names: fried-egg jellies, cabbage heads, big reds. But their scientific names can be funky too. Phialella zappai is named in honor ...

First it was an alligator in Lake Erie, now a jellyfish-like creature has been spotted in Presque Isle. On July 29, according to a Facebook post from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ...

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 ...

More than 300 mauve stingers, or palagia noctiluca, were recorded off an Anglesey beach last week, as well as other locations as far south as Pembrokeshire. The delicate, purplish jellyfish, whose ...

One minute, you’re swimming in the sparkling water off the Queensland coast. The next minute, you’re fighting for your life.

While out on the beach this week for my regular Beachcombing survey, I spotted several striking jellyfish drifting ashore — Australian white spotted jellyfish, an invasive species that’s now making ...

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops ...