Beachcombers who walk the Texas coast this March may spot an unusual jellyfish among the usual marine life. The Mushroom Cap Jellyfish (Rhopilema verrilli), a rarely seen visitor, has been washing ...

Warmer waters generally have lower plankton biomass and abundance, and consist of species with smaller body sizes. Jellyfish, my favorite type of zooplankton, are among the biggest plankton.

This jellyfish is mostly found in the Aegean, Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. It has rather short oral arms and feeds mainly on zooplankton and other jellyfish. For the most part, jellyfish are ...

Despite their name, jellyfish aren’t ... The fringe of hairlike cilia sweeps food—mostly plankton—toward their mouths. The jellies change color depending on what they eat.

Jellyfish are fascinating creatures, so it’s no wonder they’ve found their way into our homes. They are captivating animals ...

Dr. Fields held a tiny jellyfish brought up in the plankton nets in a seawater sample brown with algae.Credit...Billy Hickey for The New York Times Suddenly, there were fewer of the larger ...

The Marine Conservation Society has been asking the public to report sightings of jellyfish for 20 years. Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, a plankton expert at the University of Plymouth, agrees that ...

They can also be 20cm long, like this jellyfish. Image caption, Jellyfish are also a type of plankton. All types of plankton have one thing in common, they are unable to propel, or move themselves ...

an animal closely related to jellyfish, according to a Feb. 28 study published in the journal Plankton and Benthos Research. Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our ...