Sam Wells believes we may have been too quick to jump to conclusions about the proliferation of jellyfish blooms ...

But even though there are sensible adults around her, Suzy still feels the need to create an imaginary friend who takes the ...

To interpret the reproduction strategy of scyphozoan jellyfish from an evolutionary ecology perspective, we dissected 10 asexual generations of Aurelia coerulea polyps to investigate the relationships ...

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This is why colon cancer screenings are so important. Adenomatous polyps can form anywhere in the large intestine. There is no known way to prevent polyps from growing altogether, although some known ...

James Heilman, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Polyps can form in various parts of the body, including the gallbladder. A polyp is an abnormal growth of tissue. Some polyps are small ...

A modular worm robot and jellyfish demonstrate the benefits of "embodied energy" -- an approach that incorporates power sources into the body of a machine, to reduce its weight and cost.

Unlike other jellyfish, giant phantom jellies don't have stinging tentacles to catch prey. Instead, they wrap their arms around their food — usually plankton or small fish — and hoist them ...

Despite their deadly nature, box jellyfish have relatively short lifespans, typically ranging from a few months to a year. They follow a simple cycle: polyps settle on the ocean floor, releasing ...

Dr Gershwin said adult moon jellyfish could live up to 13 years, although most survive for anywhere from three to six months. In the polyp stage, reached soon after hatching, jellyfish young can ...