News tagged with jellyfish
New parasite could be late summer beach pest
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have discovered a new sea anemone that is thought to have established itself in Swedish waters. Larvae from similar anemones causes skin problems for sea bathers ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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New website tracks jellyfish strandings around the world
Suppose you're walking along the beach and you see a jellyfish washed up on the sand. Then you see another and then another. It's a jellyfish invasion! What do you do? Who do you call?
Mar 23, 2010 |
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NASA Spots Surprising Shrimp Beneath Antarctic Ice (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature managed to brighten up an otherwise gray polar day in November 2009. Bob Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Scientists discover 600 million-year-old origins of vision
By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision. The finding ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Aquatic creatures mix ocean water
Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, ...
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish
(PhysOrg.com) -- With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish
(PhysOrg.com) -- Corals depends on the products of photosynthetic algae for most of their food, but they also eat tiny plankton. Now, for the first time, there is evidence of a coral eating jellyfish.
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world
(AP) -- A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating ...
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Will a well-mixed, warmer lake doom invasive fish?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rainbow smelt, an invasive fish that threatens native species such as walleye and perch, may soon be feeling the heat -- literally.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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150 years later, Darwin vindicated... by jellyfish: Researchers link tiny sea creatures to large-scale ocean mixing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Creatures large and small may play an important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released Wednesday that confirms a theory advanced by Charles Darwin.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Jellyfish are one of the most awesome marine animals, doing a spectacular and psychedelic dance in water," explain engineers Sung-Weon Yeom and Il-Kwon Oh from Chonnam National University ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Jellyfish joyride a threat to the oceans
Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Jellyfish: Far from Passive Drifters-in-the-Currents
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you were to snorkel just before dawn at the popular tropical Pacific destination Jellyfish Lake, you'd have lots of company: millions of golden jellyfish, known to scientists as Mastigias ...
May 11, 2009 |
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Early family ties: No sponge in the human family tree
Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary history. In the case of vertebrates, ...
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Fireflies and jellyfish help illuminate quest for cause of infertility
Genes taken from fireflies and jellyfish are literally shedding light on possible causes of infertility and autoimmune diseases in humans.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 27, 2009 |
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