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Marine life is full of strange, beautiful, and often misunderstood creatures, but few are as bizarre and fascinating as the ...
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute captured footage of a giant phantom jelly with ribbon-like arms over 30 feet ...
When they are injured, deep-sea creatures called comb jellies can fuse their bodies together to become one. Their nervous ...
Or teeth, or eyes, or ears. They don’t even have a brain. And they never sleep. Sea jellies have been on this planet for more than 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal on ...
Here’s how it works. Bizarre deep-sea creatures known as comb jellies can fuse together when they are injured, creating a single massive individual with permanently combined nervous systems and ...
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 could be a game changer for regenerative medicine.
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.
Transient killer whales sometimes play with their food, but they’ve rarely been documented toting jellyfish, or sea jellies, in their mouths. The accompanying images, captured Saturday by ...
But for a deep-sea dwelling ctenophore, also known as a comb jelly, being brought up to the surface can be just as bad­. Scientists working with comb jellies have witnessed this firsthand—taken ...
Jellyfish digest their meals very quickly. If they did not, the sea animal would not be able to float properly, according to National Geographic. Jellyfish do not have organs or bones and only ...
The park’s “Jewels of the Sea: A Jellyfish Experience” opened to the public Saturday as a way to inspire and educate guests about the life and nature of sea jellies. Shortly after the park ...
A large leatherback sea turtle was found swimming in the Monterey Bay Monday by local marine wildlife photographer Randy Straka. The turtle is likely feeding on jellyfish blooms spotted around the ...