These rare sea creatures live where the sun don't shine. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 6, 2026 4:15 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Jellyfish seem to sleep for about 8 hours a day, take midday naps and snooze more after a bad night’s sleep – just like us. Sleep is thought to have first evolved in marine creatures like these, and ...

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RICHFIELD, Minn. — When you think of jellyfish, you’re likely imagining a marine jellyfish capable of inflicting a painful sting on humans and potential predators. You’re likely not envisioning a tiny ...

It pulsed like a tiny heartbeat — a clear, quarter-sized jellyfish rising through the calm water of Taft Lake, sunlight flickering through its translucent body. The sight stopped Kate Lucas mid-paddle ...

Texas beaches are experiencing a rise in sightings of the massive, rare Australian white-spotted jellyfish. One beachgoer found a 16-inch jellyfish along the shores of Padre Island National Seashore ...

Blurring the line between biology and robotics, Chinese scientists are taking biomimicry to new depths with a small, low-energy bionic jellyfish that's so lifelike in form and movement it’s almost ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A surge of moon jellyfish washed ashore along Coastal Bend beaches over the weekend, creating both social media buzz and safety concerns for beachgoers. RELATED: From the ...

In the Mediterranean, researchers have studied a jellyfish that bends the rules of aging. The jellyfish is called Turritopsis dohrnii. It is no bigger than a fingernail, yet it can revert from its ...

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As the world’s oceans undergo a dramatic rise in temperature, jellyfish blooms have become a regular occurrence, threatening both beachgoing tourists and coastal infrastructure around the world. But ...