Imagine drifting through the ocean, surrounded by creatures so alien and ancient that they predate dinosaurs, trees, and even ...

Scores of jellyfish-like creatures are washing up on Central Coast Beaches. The animals are called velella velella, and they ...

Despite their name, jellyfish aren’t ... sweeps food—mostly plankton—toward their mouths. The jellies change color depending on what they eat. Aurelia sp. Biggest in photo is 6.7 inches ...

Mild winter weather creates ideal conditions for these jelly-like creatures that travel by wind and wash ashore in spring.

Called by-the-wind sailor or velella velella, here's what to know about the small, glassy jellyfish-like critters washing up ...

Thousands of blue and purple sea creatures have been washing ashore in Ventura County beaches.  These strange looking ...

Its conservation is also being put in the limelight with climate change and habitat loss threatening jellyfish ... The light color emitted is determined by the specific chemical structure of ...

The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful ... They are pale blue and transparent in color and get their name from the cube-like shape of their bell. Up to 15 tentacles ...

Called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors, the jellyfish-like creatures typically ... Once ashore, their color starts to fade and the critters can quickly dry out. They continued to wash ...