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 ...

Jellyfish can produce offspring both sexually ... the embryo sprouts new “bodies,” which take on different functions. Some develop into tentacles, for example; others become reproductive ...

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 discovery of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria ... or insertions in GFP itself might disrupt its function. However, in a recent paper (Proc.

The heart is a vital organ for humans, but some creatures, such as flatworms, jellyfish, sea sponges, starfish, sea urchins, ...

The life cycle of jellyfish can seem almost otherworldly. Some species are the closer to actual immortality than anything ...

Jellyfish are among the ocean’s most incredible ... By comparing these genes and their functions to those in organisms that age in a more standard manner, scientists hope to identify the ...

Snails and other gastropods use their radula to scrape the algae that they feed on from rocks and other surfaces — the tiny comb-shaped structures at the edge function like teeth, scraping and ...

Golden Jellyfish have evolved to do something that ... to show how the gill arches of jawless fish altered in size and function. Evolution of sight. videoEvolution of sight Professor Brian Cox ...

The edible mauve stinger, Pelagia noctiluca, is found in all the world's warm and temperate oceans Jellyfish numbers have been increasing rapidly in the Mediterranean and one species that has long ...