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The process the immortal jellyfish uses to cheat death is like a form of cloning. If we can adapt it to the human body, it ...
crafts and its popular Sea Jellies Exhibit. -- Maui Ocean Center photo October welcomes the Halloween season, a time to conjure up your best costume and adorn your house with carved pumpkins.
A video of yet another deep sea ‘mysteries’- a glowing jellyfish-like creature- swimming around was shared on social media, ...
This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts.
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 ...
Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but ...
Millions of years ago, jellyfish were trapped in this lake after a submerged reef rose from the sea, creating a landlocked saltwater lake. In this lake, the jellyfish have adapted to the new ...
After the last Ice Age, sea levels rose and trapped jellyfish in the lake. Now, millions of golden and moon jellies cross it daily. According to the National Wildlife Federation, the lake is home ...
Other sea turtle species, such as leatherbacks, olive ridleys, Kemp’s ridleys, and flatbacks, all have jellyfish in their diets. Carnivorous sea turtles prefer to get their nutrition from other ...