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 ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

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 ...