This understanding of jellyfish has come under scrutiny in recent years as marine biologists have used new tools to figure out what eats what in the sea. Prey leave a chemical signature in the ...

Researchers confirmed what was already known: jellyfish eat bigger prey as they grow, which means they also occupy a higher position in the food web as they grow. They also found that some of the ...

In the dark and cold of the months-long polar night, food resources are limited. Some groups of marine organisms in the polar regions overcome this challenge by going into a metabolic resting state in ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that jellies (commonly known as jellyfish) were a dead-end food source for predatory fish. However, a team has now discovered that fish in Greenland waters do ...

WASHINGTON -- The first deep sea red-light district -- glowing appendages on a newly discovered jellyfish relative -- appear to flash their come-hither message to lure prey. Jellyfish and other types ...

If one were to mention December 25th, most people, regardless of their religious affiliation, would probably think of ...

Scientists have captured video of a terrifying species of cannibal jellyfish that they call a "gelatinous predator." The intriguing creature has never been seen before, but researchers found it ...

Beatrix Beisner receives funding from NSERC and the FRQNT. She is Co-Director of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL), a research network of 12 Québec universities.

Drifting along in ocean currents, jellyfish can be both predator and prey. They eat almost anything they can capture, and follow the typical oceanic pattern of large eats small. Now a recent ...