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

Meet the jellyfish that can reverse ageing and live forever

April 14, 2025 6:28 pm

The secret to cheating death may have been drifting in our oceans all along

How 'Benjamin Button' jellyfish reverse age to survive

November 17, 2024 11:41 am

Almost by chance, researchers in Norway have found that adult comb jellies reverse their development and become larva again when stressed by starvation. It helps them survive because larva eat less than the adults

Vibrant blue button jellyfish with stinging tentacles wash up on Mumbai's Girgaon Chowpatty: Why are they appearing more frequently?

September 01, 2024 10:10 am

Jellyfish blooms, including those of the blue button jellyfish (also known as Porpita Porpita), usually wash up around Ganpati Visarjan each year, but this time, they arrived much earlier.

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‘Brainless’ jellyfish can learn at much more complex level than imagines, find scientists

September 27, 2023 3:31 pm

Researchers in a new study discovered that some jellyfish can "learn and remember" despite having about a thousand nerve cells and no centralised brain.

Three minors among six injured after being stung by blue bottle jellyfish in Mumbai

August 15, 2023 4:45 pm

Blue bottles are venomous creatures and while their sting is extremely painful, they are not fatal.

What is the jellyfish haircut?

August 31, 2022 12:18 am

A striking photo shoot featuring Nicole Kidman ignited discussion of the so-called jellyfish haircut on social media as people debated whether her look was a true jellyfish cut or not

Scientists find clues to what makes 'immortal jellyfish' immortal

August 30, 2022 4:08 pm

Although many types of jellyfish have some capacity to reverse aging and revert to a larval stage, most lose this ability once they reach sexual maturity, the authors wrote. Not so for Turritopsis dohrnii.

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In pictures: The venomous bluebottle jellyfish spotted in Mumbai's Girgaon Chowpatty beach

August 10, 2022 6:22 pm

When a bluebottle stings, it still causes pain and swelling. Beachgoers have to keep in mind that bluebottles can sting victims even after they have been washed ashore and are dead

Blue bottle jellyfish back on Mumbai’s Juhu beach, experts warn visitors to avoid contact

August 03, 2021 12:53 pm

Blue bottle jellyfish: Every year, the brightly coloured marine hydrozoans get washed onto the shores as a result of the monsoon winds. The sting of the deceptively beautiful creatures can, however, be agonisingly painful

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You didn’t touch these Jellyfish, but they can sting you with tiny grenades

February 14, 2020 4:51 pm

Cassiopea xamachana, a species of upside-down jellyfish, emits tiny balls of stinging cells that then swim around on their own and sting anything in their path.