Jellyfish make awful pets. Thankfully the resourceful Japanese have come up with a way round that - silicon rubber jellyfish floating around in a gentle stream illuminated by colour changing LEDs. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The oldest known fossils of jellyfish have been found in rocks in Utah that are more than 500 million years old. The fossils are an unusual discovery because soft-bodied creatures, such as jellyfish, rarely survive in the fossil record, unlike animals with hard shells or bones. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

One of the biggest varieties of jellyfish in the world, Nomura's jellyfish -- also known as Echizen jellyfish -- weigh as much as 440 pounds and have heads reaching up to about two meters in diameter. Japan's Fisheries Agency warned fishermen across the country about the arrival of the jellyfish after it received several reports of sightings in the sea around Japan this month. picked by kakana 5 months ago

We have this cream, see, and we know it will protect against jellyfish. At least we think it will. Would you volunteer to test it? picked by hisidea 2 years ago

After a day of spear fishing and lobster diving, a group of boaters were shocked when a shark jumped into their boat. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

“A banana?” he croaked. “You’re eating a banana? That’s the worst jinx you can bring on a fishing boat.” picked by suebe 6 months ago

Two Americans and a U.S.-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for research on a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms. 30 years after the discovery.

Here's a picture of a "brainbow" using the technique. picked by jhordie 1 year ago

This jellyfish is known as the blue bottle, due to its colour and shape when strewn on a beach. The blue bottles tentacles can range up to 10 metres in length! More info here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 600ft jellyfish pattern has appeared in a barley field in Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire, in what is one of the most intriguing crop circles ever seen in Britain. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Hundreds of years ago the lake had an outlet to the ocean but when the sea level dropped the jellyfish population were isolated in the algae-rich lake and began to thrive. With no risk of being eaten, the jellies multiplied in the lake on the Pacific island of Palau. Over time their stings weakened and visitors can now swim alongside them with no fear of being stung. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Jellyfish help to stir up the ocean as they move, researchers have found.

Using a green dye, scientists showed how the animals' umbrella-shaped bodies were a key factor in this mixing. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Massive swarms of stinging jellyfish and jellyfish-like animals are transforming many world-class fisheries and tourist destinations into veritable jellytoriums that are intermittently jammed with pulsating, gelatinous creatures. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Jellyfish don't make such good pets, but there are other uses for them.

DISCLAIMER - Maybe not 1,001. And not all of them are what you'd call uses, either. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Jellyfish expert Lisa Gershwin found a new species off Tasmania that has a rainbow attached! It’s not bioluminescent, but shows reflected light in lovely colors. And it doesn’t sting. The unnamed jelly is very fragile, and will fall apart as soon as it touches a net. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Jellyfish with up to a dozen heads have been created in the laboratory by carefully monkeying with a few genes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Plagued by an invasion of gooey, slimy 440 pound jellyfish that are clogging fishing nets, eating valuable fish and putting the sting on profits, Japan's fisherman are turning to unusual solutions to cope with the slimy pests - such as turning them into ice cream. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

For mobile gamers in western Japan, a hearty seafood dinner awaits just a few key clicks away, thanks to a unique new cellphone fishing game that rewards successful players with home deliveries of fresh, real-world fish. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.

Biologists say these takings can happen every day among fishing fleets off the Southeast coast. Those numbers can add up to thousands annually for a turtle species that has traveled the oceans for 200 million years but now faces a growing array of threats. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Wreckage from a World War II torpedo boat was tossed up from the sea in the Solomon Islands after a powerful 8.1 earthquake hit the area in early April. The explosive-laden boat was exposed when reefs were pushed up three meters (10 feet) above sea level by the quake. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A commercial fishing boat hauled in what may have been one of the oldest creatures in Alaska — a giant rockfish estimated to be about a century old. And yet, they seem to be celebrating it. "Look, we killed something old!" disgusting. picked by MissLesh 3 years ago