A warning has been issued following several sightings of Portugese man o' wars washed up on popular beaches. The marine ...

A sea creature with long tentacles and a painful venom has been spotted on shores from Pawleys Island to Myrtle Beach. The Portuguese man o’ war is a jellyfish-like animal that often looks like a ...

The tentacles of the Portuguese man o' war, (which is technically a siphonophore, a group related to jellyfish), contain harpoon-like cells called nematocysts that deliver painful doses of venom.

A Danish arts collective spotlights the bizarrely beautiful siphonophore, which performs a vital role in removing carbon from the atmosphere. By Arthur Lubow A little-known but crucial agent of carbon ...

In this bay-that-never-gets-boring, the winter season ushered in extreme tidal swings, mountainous surf swells, and a wild and wonderful smattering of organisms along the coast. Perhaps the most ...

With the weather turning warmer, people visiting beaches in Galveston and other spots along the Texas coast are reporting more Portuguese man-of-war sightings. The species may look pretty and blue or ...

Deep in the Pacific, a strange fish glides with a transparent head. Its glowing eyes rotate to track something unseen, ...

If you’re contemplating a car journey to the seaside with young children this summer, you may want to consider packing a book or two that tells your passengers about the place they’re going. Marine ...

A diver made a disturbing discovery during a nighttime swim off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico. Pedro Valencia first spotted a bizarre creature and realized it was not just one but several different ...