Hello, Friday. I’m so happy to see you. It’s been a busy week around here. I think I need to chill out a bit before I can enjoy my weekend. Sadly, I do not have one of these incredible chairs, but I ...

Jellyfish: Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish ...

On day two of the weeklong vacation to be spent relaxing in Hawaii, I sprained my ankle. As I ran out of the ocean, away from the jellyfish I spotted in the water (I got stung on my other ankle the ...

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Jellyfish are thought to pre-date the dinosaurs by millions of years. Thousands of jellyfish have been launched into space for experiments. Here are 12 things you probably didn't know about these ...

Jellyfish are some of the Earth's most ancient extant animals. They're also immensely diverse—most organisms that are called jellyfish are part of the phylum Cnidaria, which includes more than 10,000 ...

For many sea creatures, regrowing a lost limb is routine. But when a young jellyfish loses a tentacle or two to the jaws of a sea turtle, for example, it rearranges its remaining limbs to ensure it ...

Verena Ras currently works for H3ABioNet - a non profit organization based at the University of Cape Town. Verena is also a scientist and PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape and is ...