A new species of venomous Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia mikazuki, has been discovered in northern Japan. Genetic evidence ...

A new species of Portuguese man o' war has been discovered floating in the waters of northeast Japan. Spotted by a ...

A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as ...

This new species of a notorious jellyfish may be able to survive further north, which can be hazardous to swimmers and the ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered Physalia mikazuki, a previously unknown species of Portuguese man-of-war, in northern waters for the first time. DNA and anatomical analysis confirmed it as ...

Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is one such ...

It’s out-of-the-box scary. The Tripedaliidae jellyfish species has welcomed its fourth family member — a new 24-eyed creature that measures just over a half-inch long and carries a remarkably ...

With a baking hot summer just starting, millions of Americans have already begun flooding the nation’s beaches. They’ll face traffic jams, algae blooms, sunburn and a rising threat – painful jellyfish ...

The specimens are evidence of how little the squishy, tentacled predators have changed over the history of life on Earth. By Jack Tamisiea Jellyfish have been floating through Earth’s oceans seemingly ...