The picturesque shores of the Gulf Coast have more than just visiting tourists lounging out on the beach this Spring. From ...

A rare sea creature known for its painful sting has been washing up on Alabama beaches this week. Portuguese man o’ war have ...

Warmer weather isn't the only thing blowing into Central Florida this week. According to a WESH 2 viewer, multiple man o' war were spotted on Indialantic Beach in Brevard County on Thursday. "We were ...

THE occurrence of the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia) on the English coast is so unusual as to be well worth recording. During March and the early part of April, 1912, numbers of the Atlantic form of ...

On a northern Japanese beach, a bright blue jelly-like creature that didn't seem to belong there appeared. Locals weren't sure what they were seeing because the water was colder than where these ...

The discovery of a brilliant blue “samurai jellyfish” in Japan has sparked global scientific excitement, revealing one of the most intriguing marine finds in recent years. Although often mistaken for ...

It used to be thought that only one species of man-o-war jellyfish lived in Japanese waters, but a stranded specimen ended up being an entirely new species. Physalia mikazuki, whose name translates to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portuguese Man O'War species aren't technically jellyfish, but siphonophores. For around 250 years, marine biologists believed the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as Portuguese man-of-war) that has never been seen before in northeast Japan.