The bizarre species came to the Adriatic accidentally in the ballast water of cargo ships. It is devastating the Italian city's lagoon ecosystem.

University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provide funding as members of The Conversation UK. An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its ...

Turns out jellyfish and sea anemones – among the ancient creatures with a nervous system instead of a brain – have a very similar sleeping routine to our own. A new study published in Nature ...

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel discovered while studying jellyfish and sea anemones. Both species sleep for ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only in the past few years, don’t need one to sleep. The animals do, however, ...

These rare sea creatures live where the sun don't shine. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 6, 2026 4:15 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Jellyfish seem to sleep for about 8 hours a day, take midday naps and snooze more after a bad night’s sleep – just like us. Sleep is thought to have first evolved in marine creatures like these, and ...

Neither jellyfish nor sea anemones have brains. But these animals sleep in ways strikingly similar to humans, according to a study published today in Nature Communications 1. The findings bolster a ...

The Brooklyn Nets (8-19) remained home at the Barclays Center for a matchup with an Atlantic Division rival, as the Toronto Raptors (17-13) came to town on Sunday night. The Nets were looking to ...

No one is expecting the Brooklyn Nets to make a playoff push this season. They are currently rebuilding, trying to figure out a path for the future. However, a key piece that can help expedite their ...

The Nets leaned on a jumbo lineup of Egor Dëmin, Michael Porter Jr., Noah Clowney, Danny Wolf and Nic Claxton down the stretch of Monday’s 116–103 win over the Charlotte Hornets, a group with an ...

adidas and Pharrell Williams have announced a surprise, limited release of a new iteration of the VIRGINIA Adistar Jellyfish, presented in an elegant Triple Black colorway. This exclusive debut is ...