Large blooms of moon jellyfish are being seen from the River Derwent to halfway up Tasmania's east coast. A leading marine scientist has said "an incredible sequence of events" has led to the ...
A mass of thousands of jellyfish at Hobart's waterfront dock may look like a natural phenomenon, but a leading scientist has warned its presence indicates something awry in the marine habitat.
Though a landlubber may say the robots look more like a stumpy octopus than a jellyfish, according to the paper the shape is actually most similar to a juvenile “ephyra stage” moon jellyfish ...
While one expert says it will be a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity, the situation is a worrying signal. WATCH HERE >> Local Tasmanian biologist and expert on marine ecosystems Lisa Gershwin said ...
In 2006, beaches in Italy and Spain were closed because of a bloom of jellyfish known as mauve stingers. In 2013 a Swedish nuclear plant temporarily shut down because moon jellies were blocking ...
WATCH HERE >> Local Tasmanian biologist and expert on marine ecosystems Lisa Gershwin said witnessing the moon jellyfish combined with a bloom of bioluminescent algae, noctiluca scintillans ...