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

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

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 3 years 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 3 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 8 months 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 10 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 1 year 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 8 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

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 1 year 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

Pink, slimy and repellent, the Nomura’s jellyfish is an authentic horror of the deep that's been assaulting Japan. Now the creatures have sunk a 10-ton fishing trawler.
*Never use peanut-butter for bait* picked by Bornbad 5 months 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 1 year ago

Jellyfish with up to a dozen heads have been created in the laboratory by carefully monkeying with a few genes. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Don't worry - these kind don't sting. picked by chuckayoub 3 years ago

Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish. picked by FastTurtle 2 years ago

A study has found plastic in the stomach contents of an alarming number of dead turtles, suggesting the extent of plastic pollution in the oceans. picked by Ankabout 12 months ago

According to a sheriff's office report, Keith Edward Marriott caused "concern for his safety" when he repeatedly submerged himself and floated back to the top of the water and he was also "loud and disruptive."

He then started throwing the sea creatures. picked by drogue 6 months ago

Billions of mauve stingers have destroyed over 100,000 salmon...the entire stock of the Northern Salmon Co. Ltd company.

Bizarre.

Mauve stinger is the theme pic, BTW. picked by moe 2 years ago

A deadly species of jellyfish, translucent and the size of a thumbnail, is spreading along Australia’s coastline as a result of global warming. The little buggers are costing Hollywood money, too. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago