An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops from roughly 36 pulses a minute to nearer 30, and the animal slips into a ...

A freshwater jellyfish originally from Asia is roughly the size of a penny and is a rare sight in the Great Lakes. Most of the time, they're stuck to the bottom of the lake as polyps, according to the ...

A population of invasive freshwater jellyfish, known as the peach blossom jellyfish, is rapidly multiplying in British Columbia lakes. According to recent research from the University of British ...

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.

Building bloom The proliferation of artificial structures in coastal regions may be contributing to an increase in jellyfish blooms blooms in these areas, say scientists. The international team of ...