Most polychaete species spend their lives in burrows in the seabed. However, adult individuals of two species, Alitta succinea and Platynereis dumerilii, leave their burrows to spawn during warm ...
The box jellyfish is famous for its venom, but its bizarre collection of 24 eyes may be even more remarkable than its sting.
The ocean may look peaceful from the shore, but beneath the surface lives an entire world of deadly predators. Some are ...
Somewhere in the permanent darkness more than two miles beneath the Galápagos Islands, a remotely operated vehicle caught ...
Deep within the sea lies another world entirely. It’s a world of complete darkness, where light is absorbed thousands of feet below the ocean surface. The temperature remains constant at 39 degrees ...
Pink meanies might sound like the name of a high school girl gang from the ’50s, but they are actually a recently discovered type of jellyfish. And lately, experts are urging Gulf Coast beachgoers ...
More beachgoers have been getting an unexpected shock this summer as jellyfish numbers bloom along the Delaware coast, interrupting — but not stopping — the summer fun. Beach patrol captains reported ...
The researchers found one and sometimes two polychaete inside a jellyfish. This aurelia aurita jellyfish has two worms in its gut. Photo: Hannah Yeo/SDU. Most polychaete species spend their lives in ...