Jellyfish Taking Over The Oceans?
Watch out, surfers: Populations of the translucent invertebrates -- along with their nasty stings -- are exploding all over the world....
Watch out, surfers: Populations of the translucent invertebrates -- along with their nasty stings -- are exploding all over the world....
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 ...
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...
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...
Matthew Spiegl | Posted 03.13.2012
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.
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...
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...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.25.2011
"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."
By David Biello (Click here for original article.) Jellyfishes rely on drifting to eat. They take their luck with currents, and create tiny eddies...
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...
Peter Hanlon | Posted 09.25.2011
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.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.19.2011
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.
Posted 11.15.2011
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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...
David Mizejewski | Posted 08.07.2011
They actually look like extra-terrestrial creatures that might inhabit another planet. Despite that, they are some of the oldest living organisms on Earth.
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,...
Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011
Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's a playlist for a Jersey girl with big dreams, at least some of them not involving "Witchcraft" or "That Old Black Magic."
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...
Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
The Week | Posted 04.23.2012