Jellyfish blooms can swamp entire ecosystems, but there's growing interest in their culinary potential. But could this really solve the ocean's problems? In the summer of 2013, Stefano Piraino was ...

when a jellyfish bloom saw 400 tonnes of the barrel jellyfish per square kilometer carpeting the massive Gulf of Taranto—Leone wondered what they could do with them. But persuading Italians to ...

In late January, onlookers flocked to Tasmania's Storm Bay to witness a rare and magical event: swarms of moon jellyfish ...

The swarm of jellyfish washed up on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. Jellyfish blooms can result in mass wash-ups like this. The swarm of jellyfish washed up on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina.

And apparently they bloom very quickly and numerously," she said. Even though salps look like Jellyfish they are not dangerous. "They don't sting at all and they are not related to Jellyfish ...

According to Prof. Angel, while it is natural for Israel to experience jellyfish blooms every year, what is unusual with this particular swarm is its intensity. Although it's difficult to measure ...

It was clear by then that the wind hadn’t only whipped up the sand—it had driven a bloom of jellyfish directly into our surf lesson. Everyone but me had been stung. In recent years ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. On a snowy ...