Jellyfish

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Dizzying Video Shows the Moment a Jellyfish Gets Caught in a Bubble Vortex

June 05, 2019 | Article

Here's a jellyfish video with a twist … actually, make that 40 or 50 twists.
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Bonanza of Bizarre Cambrian Fossils Reveals Some of the Earliest Animals on Earth

March 21, 2019 | Article

Bizarre fossils in a newly-discovered site include dozens of creatures that are new to science.
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Sometimes This Comb Jelly Has An Anus. And Sometimes It Doesn't.

March 08, 2019 | Article

Like a rainbow, the anus of a comb jelly is a fleeting thing.
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Rare, Blue Jellyfish-Like Creatures Wash Ashore in NJ, Puzzling Beachgoers

October 04, 2018 | Article

A weird, brilliant blue creature with feathery-like strands is washing ashore onto the beaches of New Jersey.
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Family Finds Gooey 'Alien' Jellyfish on NZ Beach. And It Looks Like a Jell-O Mold.

September 21, 2018 | Article

The glob was an enormous lion's mane jellyfish.
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This Robot Just Wants To Hug A Jellyfish Without Committing Jellymurder

July 19, 2018 | Article

Its designers hope the device will make it much easier to collect delicate animals in the ocean without hurting them.
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This Mysterious, Deep-Sea Jellyfish Looks Like the Ghost of an Alien

May 23, 2018 | Article

A remotely operated vehicle named Hercules filmed a rarely seen jellyfish that looks like a cross between an alien and a pinkish makeup bag.
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Rare Footage Captures Giant Jellyfish Living Under Arctic Ice

October 25, 2017 | Article

Surprisingly, adult jellyfish survive the winter under the Arctic's thick sea ice.
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Desert Fossils Reveal 540-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish 'Graveyard'

August 07, 2017 | Article

On a long-gone seashore in what is now Death Valley, ancient, sticky sand retained impressions of the oldest known example of a jellyfish stranding.
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First Animal? Jellyfish May Take the Prize

April 10, 2017 | Article

If scientists were to draw an enormous family tree for all of Earth's animals, the oldest branch would belong to the jellyfish, a new study finds.
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