Pollution, particularly plastic waste and chemical contaminants, poses significant threats to jellyfish, affecting their health and reproductive capabilities. 3. Disease and Other Health-related ...
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, ...
But these gelatinous blobs can pose problems for people in their midst. Like many of their upright relatives, these jellyfish sting, shooting harpoon-like nematocysts into the water when touched.
Others, like the hippos introduced to Colombia about 30 years ago, pose threats to the native wildlife they coexist with. While there have not yet been any major problems identified that are linked to ...
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 ...
A jellyfish species has killed more than 200,000 salmon in Scotland in what is believed to be the single worst incident of it type, campaigners say. The String of Pearls Jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria ...
The salmon were severely injured in the attacks (Picture: SWNS) A jellyfish species has left over 200,000 salmon in Scotland dead in what is believed to be the single worst incident of its type.