"The quantity of jellyfish was amazing ... it felt like it was on fire for two or three nights." Ms Dixon said the blister took 10 days to heal but she would continue to swim in the sea.

HORROR scenes have emerged on one of Britain's most popular coastlines as thousands of venomous jellyfish have been found. The Mauve Stingers, also known as Pelagia noctiluca, were found both in ...

The number of jellyfish spotted in UK waters and on beaches increased by 32% in the past year, according to a survey by the Marine Conservation Society. The most commonly spotted were the huge ...

The life cycle of jellyfish can seem almost otherworldly. Some species are the closer to actual immortality than anything ...

The edible mauve stinger, Pelagia noctiluca, is found in all the world's warm and temperate oceans Jellyfish numbers have been increasing rapidly in the Mediterranean and one species that has long ...

It's best to avoid swimming in the ocean for a day or two if you had a large sting or have blisters, as the salt in seawater can irritate any open wounds, says Conroy. Though rare, jellyfish ...

a girl exclaims. “I think they’re just mesmerizing,” Jennie Janssen, the assistant curator who oversees the care of the aquarium’s jellyfish, tells me. “They don’t have a brain, ...

Jellyfish are known for drifting to and fro at the whim of ocean currents—but not all species are so passive. The millions of golden jellyfish that pack Palau’s Jellyfish Lake spend much of ...