Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

It almost sounds like something from a fantasy novel: a creature that can turn back the clock and virtually escape death ...

Scores of jellyfish-like creatures are washing up on Central Coast Beaches. The animals are called velella velella, and they ...

The firework jellyfish is rarely seen by humans, but its bioluminescence could put any July 4th show to shame.

Blob is a very simple invertebrate, just like worms or jellyfish. Over 96% of all the animal species on Earth are invertebrate. They can be tiny like an insect or huge like the giant squid.

Called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors, the jellyfish-like creatures typically are far offshore. But winds blew heaps onshore this spring. It is not a true jellyfish but a close relative ...

What most of us recognise as a jellyfish is actually the final stage of their life cycle, known as the medusa stage.