When a thunderstorm recently lit up the night sky, cameras captured towering red shapes that looked uncannily like glowing ...

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 ...

Because box jellyfish are so distantly related to other animals, the research findings could hint at how the ability to learn first evolved. By Veronique Greenwood In the dappled sunlit waters of ...

With a baking hot summer just starting, millions of Americans have already begun flooding the nation’s beaches. They’ll face traffic jams, algae blooms, sunburn and a rising threat – painful jellyfish ...

In my mid-20s, I spent three months living in Broome, a coastal township in Western Australia famous for its moonrises, pink beaches, and pearl farms. Each morning during what is known locally as “the ...

Jellyfish, fascinating yet dangerous creatures, inhabit oceans worldwide. While some are harmless, others possess potent venom capable of causing severe reactions in humans. From the deadly Australian ...

At the time of this writing, the video (archived) had received more than 124,000 views. While we were unable to determine the creator of the video, it did not show a real jellyfish and was likely ...

Jellyfish are the oldest animals in the ocean—they’ve been swimming on our planet for more than half a billion years. But it is only recently that scientists have begun to understand these beautiful ...

Philip Lamb receives funding from NERC EnvEast DTP & Cefas. People rarely enjoy meeting a jellyfish. On the beach they appear limp, amorphous, and blistered in the sun. In the water it’s often a brush ...

When Ravi Nath asks people if jellyfish sleep, he finds that everyone thinks they know the answer. Roughly half say yes, and half say no. Some scientists assert that only mammals and birds could be ...

Four reactor units at one of France’s largest nuclear power stations have been forced to shut down due to a swarm of jellyfish in the plant’s water pumping stations, French energy group Electricite de ...