If you walked along San Diego's beaches recently, you may have encountered blue creatures shaped like oval discs with a "sail" rising vertically from the center of their bodies. These creatures ...

Thousands and thousands of Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, have washed up on California beaches in recent weeks. Despite resembling jellyfish, velellas are a different species.

In a spectacle rarely seen along the San Diego County coastline, thousands of Velella velellas — or “by-the-wind sailors” — are washing ashore in a mass stranding. Scientists say it is a ...

If you walked along San Diego's beaches recently, you may have encountered blue creatures shaped like oval discs with a "sail" rising vertically from the center of their bodies. These creatures ...

Velella velellas, commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, have been blown ashore and researchers are jumping at the chance to study this elusive species. News Home Page ...

Westerly winds are blamed for blowing the velella velellas, commonly known as "purple sailors," onto West Coast beaches. The jellyfish are safe to touch, ...

By-the-wind sailors, or Velella velellas, blanketed the ocean near San Clemente Island and could be making their way toward Southern California’s coastline like they did a few years ago.

Strange springtime visitors — gelatinous sea creatures known as by-the-wind sailors, or Velella velellas— are arriving by the thousands on Bay Area beaches.Expect to see them sail onto ...

Scores of delicate, washed-ashore jellyfish-like creatures are turning West Coast beaches a striking shade of blue. Thousands of Velella velellas, palm-sized polyps, have come ashore in Washington ...

Beachgoers in San Luis Obispo County are noticing the dry, thin remains of a little known sea creature that have washed ashore by the thousands over the ...

Velellas velellas are passive and travel where the wind takes them. Stajner refers to them as zooplankton that are so nice they were named twice. Originally Published: April 20, ...