Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of the ocean’s squishiest creatures—including one jelly that might be the oldest ...

Jellyfish are well known for their ability to multiply en masse and influence coastal ecosystems. But what is less known is ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...

Jellyfish are among the few types of plankton visible to the human eye. Most plankton is tiny (smaller than two millimeters) and can only be seen with a microscope.

Jellyfish are found in all oceans, from polar to tropical regions. In the future, gelatinous zooplankton could spread even further, as it is generally one of the winners of climate change.

Jellyfish are found in all oceans, from polar to tropical regions. In the future, gelatinous zooplankton could spread even further, as it is generally one of the winners of climate change: unlike ...

One of last summer’s strandings — a 7-foot-3-inch fish in Gearhart — proved to be a rare hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta. New ...

These little clear blobs washing up on South Carolina beaches aren’t jellyfish. What you need to about salps, the bizarre plankton in SC.

For a long time, scientists assumed that jellyfish were a dead-end food source for predatory fish. However, a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Thünen Institute has now ...

These jellyfish are not able to sting humans — so no need to worry about encountering them while swimming. ... Zooplankton are important prey for some fish species and especially juvenile fish.

Jellyfish are about 95% water and are simple creatures, ... Yet these animals are successful predators, feeding on sea creatures like plankton, small crustaceans, fish eggs and larvae, ...

This species of jellyfish is harmless to humans and tends to feed on plankton. Freshwater jellyfish can grow to the size of a penny and have up to 500 tentacles, though their tentacles cannot ...