As pulsing blobs, jellyfish seem out of place among the ranks of sleek, efficient predators of the sea. However, new research indicates that they rival plankton-eating fish, such as sardines and ...

Jellyfish are more appetising to deep sea creatures than we thought – and scientists don't know why. A new way to peer inside the stomachs of ocean predators has scientists rethinking the food chain ...

The specimens are evidence of how little the squishy, tentacled predators have changed over the history of life on Earth. By Jack Tamisiea Jellyfish have been floating through Earth’s oceans ...

Jellyfish populations tend to wax and wane as conditions and their food supply does. In many species, this oscillation occurs in a 20-or-so-year cycle.

Burgessomedusa adds to the complexity of Cambrian foodwebs, and like Anomalocaris which lived in the same environment, these jellyfish were efficient swimming predators,” said study coauthor Dr ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown species of ancient jellyfish that lived more than 500 million years ago. The now-extinct creature is the oldest swimming jellyfish discovered to ...

New Jersey is known for its beautiful sandy beaches and fun boardwalks, but a painful predator is common in this summertime paradise. Stinging jellyfish have made homes of the Jersey Shore, its ...

As summer temperatures rise and more people flock to the beaches, sightings of jellyfish—especially the purple jellyfish—are ...