Jellyfish have survived for over 500 million years, making them more ancient than the dinosaurs. Today these otherworldly creatures can be found around the world, from coastal shallows to the ocean ...
Jellyfish are known for drifting to and fro at the whim of ocean currents—but not all species are so passive. The millions of golden jellyfish that pack Palau’s Jellyfish Lake spend much of ...
What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.
The differences between people’s personalities can be broken down in terms of five major traits—often called the “Big Five.” Each one reflects a key part of how a person thinks ...
The paper contains build details and data on how three different variables – tentacle stiffness, stroke frequency, and stroke amplitude – affect the swimming characteristics of each bot.
The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful venom to instantly stun or kill prey, like fish and shrimp, so their struggle to escape wouldn’t damage its delicate tentacles.
If we became crab-like it would be a slightly horrifying experience, an expert tells us. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.
They’ll face traffic jams, algae blooms, sunburn and a rising threat – painful jellyfish encounters. Climate change, warming ocean temperatures, overfishing, invasive species and even ...