The angler outreach specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation had heard about the Missouri invertebrates, but even so, he was awed “to see what is thought of as an ocean animal in ...

Here are the U.S. beaches with the most jellyfish stings, plus which species are common, and expert tips on how to avoid and ...

Tiny freshwater jellyfish, seldom seen in Northland waters, were spotted in recent days in Namakan Lake along the Ontario border. Thousands of the small jellyfish were spotted Saturday by Steve Geving ...

In the crystal-clear waters of the tropics swims one of nature’s cruelest paradoxes: a jellyfish so tiny it’s almost ...

Clinging jellyfish have been found in larger numbers recently in New Jersey's bay and estuary waters from Monmouth to Cape May counties, according to an NBC 10 report. Although the jellyfish that got ...

Fleets of tiny translucent umbrellas, each about the size of a lentil, waft through the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. These miniature jellyfish, known as Turritopsis dohrnii, wave and grasp with ...

Strange springtime visitors — gelatinous sea creatures known as by-the-wind sailors, or Velella velellas— are arriving by the thousands on Bay Area beaches. Expect to see them sail onto Southern ...

Researchers confirmed what was already known: jellyfish eat bigger prey as they grow, which means they also occupy a higher position in the food web as they grow. They also found that some of the ...

To survive, all organisms must regulate their appetite. Hormones and small proteins called neuropeptides perform this process, stimulating feelings of hunger and fullness. When researchers noted the ...

Decades' worth of research has shown that the motivation to feed, i.e., hunger and feelings of fullness, is controlled by hormones and small proteins called neuropeptides. They are found in a wide ...