Jellyfish have radial symmetry, meaning that if you sliced a jellyfish down the middle, the parts would be symmetrical, like the segments of an orange. These cnidarians are famous for their stinging ...

The spectacle of thousands of jellyfish at Hobart's waterfront dock may be breathtaking, but a leading scientist has warned ...

Jellyfish like the dreaded Portuguese man-of-war are also related to corals, but they’re part of a different subgroup, the siphonophores, which practice an unusual form of collective living.

(CN) — Researchers at the California Institute of Technology are using jellyfish in their labs to make discoveries in the areas of biology, deep-sea dynamics and engineering. Jellyfish have roamed ...

Jellyfish are known for drifting to and fro at the whim of ocean currents—but not all species are so passive. The millions of golden jellyfish that pack Palau’s Jellyfish Lake spend much of ...

These forebodies are like hats that sit atop the jellyfish's bell (the mushroom-shaped part of the animal). The devices were designed by graduate student and lead author Simon Anuszczyk ...

It’s unclear how the jellyfish use their stinging snot in the wild, but the mucus could be part of their feeding strategy, or could be used in defense against predators. In the lab, when upside ...

parts lists, and even some Arduino code. Though a landlubber may say the robots look more like a stumpy octopus than a jellyfish, according to the paper the shape is actually most similar to a ...

What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.

Part of what makes this jellyfish so unique­—and somewhat terrifying at the same time—are the four ribbon-like arms that extend from its mouth. The arms can grow upwards of 33 feet in length ...