Jellyfish

Jellyfish Taking Over The Oceans?

The Week | Posted 04.23.2012

Watch out, surfers: Populations of the translucent invertebrates -- along with their nasty stings -- are exploding all over the world....

Sea Creatures' True Beauty Revealed in Winning Underwater Photos

Posted 04.20.2012

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 04/19/2012 01:42 PM EDT on LiveScience A dashing-red sea slug that seems to be hamming ...

Are We Helping Jellyfish Take Over? What Study Says

Posted 02.03.2012

They've shut down power stations and terrorized beachgoers. But does a surge in stories about jellyfish wreaking havoc really point to a man-made surg...

Nature's Fashionistas

Posted 01.24.2012

When we think of jellyfish, our initial thought may be of their unpleasant sting, but in terms of natural awe, nothing can beat the billowing beauty o...

Frivolous Challenge: Nation's Most Progressive Plastic Bag Ban in Peril

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 03.13.2012

Matthew Spiegl

It's corporate bullying by the plastic industry to make cities and counties think twice before passing environmental laws that cut into their profits, laws that are supported by the majority of residents who prefer to live in clean communities.

WATCH: Light-Up Jellyfish Take Over Aquarium!

Posted 02.26.2012

A recent installation at the Vancouver Aquarium from Tangible Intervention and artist Joseph Wu brings the wildlife outside of their constructed habit...

Tons Of Protected Fish Killed When Jellyfish Clog Power Plant

Posted 12.08.2011

Jellyfish must be passionate critics of nuclear energy. This past summer, they sacrificed their own lives to clog up nuclear power plants from as clos...

"We Are Young" and Odd Souls: Chatting With Mutemath's Darren King and fun.'s Andrew Dost

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

"The most fun things would be international travel, getting to hang out with your best buds, playing a live show, and making music videos. Not fun things are setting up and tearing down, file management while recording, picking out a name for your band."

Is A Jellyfish Takeover Imminent?

| Posted 02.14.2012

By David Biello (Click here for original article.) Jellyfishes rely on drifting to eat. They take their luck with currents, and create tiny eddies...

Boy Finds Giant Jellyfish, Thinks It's An Alien

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 10.01.2011

It's official, jellyfish are both awesome and terrifying. In June, jellyfish shut down a nuclear power plant in Scotland when they invaded a coolin...

Jellyfish to Power Plants: You Suck

Peter Hanlon | Posted 09.25.2011

Peter Hanlon

They can ruin a perfectly nice beach day and are the very definition of spineless, and now jellyfish are drawing international attention with their power plant hijinks.

Sand Castles for the TP and GOPOS

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.19.2011

Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Can the GOP be split by the President into two factions -- Tea Party (TP) and GOP Old School (GOPOS)? GOP Old School are moderate GOP Members who are too scared to move without TP approval, but disagree with what the TP is.

Jellyfish Threaten Shutdown Of Israeli Power Plant

Posted 11.15.2011

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Jellyfish Shut Down Nuke Plant

Posted 08.29.2011

LONDON -- An invasion of jellyfish into a cooling water pool at a Scottish nuclear power plant kept its nuclear reactors offline on Wednesday, a pheno...

Jellyfish Are Just Plain Odd

David Mizejewski | Posted 08.07.2011

David Mizejewski

They actually look like extra-terrestrial creatures that might inhabit another planet. Despite that, they are some of the oldest living organisms on Earth.

Stung! Florida Jellyfish Attack 400 People Over Holiday Weekend

AOL Weird News | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.16.2011

Countless masses of jellyfish waded onto central Florida beaches over Memorial Day weekend, stinging over 400 visitors and hospitalizing at least two,...

Does the Mossad have Spy Vultures?

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.

'Season of the Witch': A Crafty Playlist for Christine O'Donnell

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

David Wild

Here's a playlist for a Jersey girl with big dreams, at least some of them not involving "Witchcraft" or "That Old Black Magic."

Lion's Mane Jellyfish STINGS Beachgoers In Rare Appearance In New Hampshire

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

RYE, N.H. — New Hampshire authorities say about 100 people have been stung by a large dead jellyfish that broke into pieces at a state park beac...

This One Really Stings

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Brune

We called it, simply, The Test. I grew up on a house on Barnegat Bay in Chadwick Beach, New Jersey. With four little children scampering around, my pa...

More Jellyfish Terrorize Spanish Beaches

Posted 05.25.2011

A massive number of small, nearly transparent jellyfish have stung over 700 people since Sunday across Spain, according to the Associated Press. M...

GIANT Jellyfish Stings Over 100 People (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

More than 100 people were stung by a giant jellyfish this week at a state park in New Hampshire. The 50 pound beast was dead when it inflicted the wou...

Oil From BP Spill Hits Louisiana Coast And Marshes

AP / Huffington Post | HARRY WEBER and TAMARA LUSH | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down for video about the spill from New Orleans' Times-Picayune NEW HARBOR ISLAND, La. - Oil is washing up on the shores of New Harbor Island ...

Box Jellyfish Attack: Girl Survives World's Deadliest Sting (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Rachael Shardlow, a 10-year-old Australian girl, may have rewritten medical history after she survived a sting by a box jellyfish, which is considered...

Jellyfish: 10 Dangerous Beauties (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Text and photos from LIFE.COM, which you can visit for much, much more. As part of HuffPost Green's Our Oceans project, we've partnered with LIFE to ...