Scientists believe an "unprecedented" number of dead jellyfish that stranded along the Cornish coast may have been caused by a cold snap. Thousands of mauve stingers, or Pelagia noctiluca ...

Beachgoers have spoken of their surprise at the "surreal" sight of thousands of dead jellyfish washed up on the shore. The moon jellyfish were spotted at Broadsands Beach near Ilfracombe.

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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 cells on the tentacles can be activated by an outside force that makes contact with them, such as your arm brushing ...

Hilary Pullen, 45, from Prestatyn in Denbighshire, said her dog Ziggy started "retching" after brief contact with a dead jellyfish. She identified it as a Lion's mane jellyfish, which can cause ...

Several Alabama residents have reported finding freshwater jellyfish in a local lake — raising questions about the origin of the unusual creatures. “Every year when the water starts to drop we ...

This phyllosoma, a lobster larva, is just 1.2 centimetres across. With a flattened body and eyes on stalks, its spindly legs grip the empty bell of a small dead jellyfish, a mauve stinger. When alive, ...

Not only is it not a jellyfish, it's not even an "it," but a ... but rarely deadly. But beware—even dead man-of-wars washed up on shore can deliver a sting. Muscles in the tentacles draw ...