Bizarre deep-sea creatures known as comb jellies can fuse together when they are injured, creating a single massive ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant phantom jellies. These elusive deep-sea creatures have a 3.3-foot-wide (1 ...

Scientists have spotted for the first time two deep-sea “jelly” creatures readily turn into one individual following an ...

highlighting ocean drifters with sea jelly-themed explore stations, keiki story time, crafts and its popular Sea Jellies Exhibit. -- Maui Ocean Center photo October welcomes the Halloween season ...

The so-called immortal jellyfish resembles a tiny, hairy thimble and lives in the Mediterranean Sea and also off Japan. Members of the species can reverse the aging process so that instead of ...

Like a deep-sea modern dancer, a rarely seen animal undulates in the dark, its vast arms swirling slowly through the water. You’ve just met the giant phantom jelly, an elusive ocean dweller with ...

The intriguing red color of this jelly serves multiple purposes related to its survival and adaptation. In the deep-sea environment where red light is scarce due to rapid absorption and scattering ...

How many species of jellyfish are there? Jellyfish are sometimes called sea jellies. They belong to a group called Medusozoa which is divided into four classes: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. On a recent expedition in the Mariana Trench, NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team spotted this beautiful new jellyfish. Produced by Grace Raver Footage courtesy of NOAA ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant phantom jellies. These elusive deep-sea creatures have a 3.3-foot-wide ...