Image of the Day: Bay Nettle Jelly From their smaller size and fewer tentacles, nettle jellyfish inhabiting the Chesapeake Bay are noticeably different from their ocean-dwelling counterparts, ...

Pacific sea nettle The brilliantly named Pacific sea nettle is a red-tinted jellyfish that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Taking its name from its sting, which is not unlike the effect ...

“I think they’re just mesmerizing,” Jennie Janssen, the assistant curator who oversees the care of the aquarium’s jellyfish ... s mane jellies and sea nettles, are known as true jellies.

Sunlight is plentiful on this remote Pacific island, which is a good thing because golden jellyfish don’t just enjoy basking in the sun—they need its light to survive. Solar rays nourish ...

Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster's digestive tract.

RLS Photo/ Shutterstock The Lion’s mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, is the largest known jellyfish. They’re found in the Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. They’re often seen in waters ...