Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

The deepstaria jelly is a creature unlike any other that is found in one of the deepest parts of the ocean. It is known for ...

Morro Bay beachgoers have reported seeing thousands of sea creatures resembling jellyfish wash up along the shoreline ...

Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

The velella have come ashore by the thousands on Central Coast beaches. This is the way the beach in Santa Barbara looked in ...

Animals such as tubeworms ... they saw this bioluminescent jellyfish (Colobonema sericeum). It may have been waiting for prey to rise from the ocean’s depths as part of an enormous daily migration.

When it comes to all human beings and most animals, the brain is the one part of the body that controls most functions. From ...

If you've been for a stroll along some Lowcountry beaches in recent weeks, you may have come across a few jellyfish washed up ...

Del Dickson, who saw the animals on Bolinas Beach in Marin County ... The creatures are related to jellyfish, sea anemones and corals. Velella washed ashore at Marina State Beach in Marina ...

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.