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 ...

Jellyfish are an ancient and successful group of animals. An in-depth look at the genome of the moon jelly, Aurelia aurita, shows that it uses a common set of genes to transition between polyp and ...

SEATTLE -- It was a strange and surreal sight: Thousands of moon jellyfish swimming in Puget Sound. And not just in one spot -- we've received photos of jellyfish swarms in Vashon Island's ...

Even though they lack fins and their bodies are gelatinous, jellyfish are some of the most energy-efficient swimmers. They achieve this by making use of their bells – the umbrella-shaped part of a ...

With their translucent bells, moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) move around the oceans in a very efficient way. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now used a mathematical model to investigate how ...

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 ...