Freshwater jellyfish are growing in abundance in Canadian lakes and rivers. The reasons are complex but climate change is the primary culprit.

The jellyfish season is normally April to October and jellyfish are currently swimming around the Irish coastline and a few have been spotted on our local beaches. Luckily Irish waters are not ...

What to do if you're stung by a jellyfish If you’re out swimming and see jellyfish, the first thing to do is get out of their way. "You’re in the jellyfish’s habitat,” said Haddock.

Content continues below These jellyfish are not able to sting humans – so no need to worry about encountering them while swimming. They are somewhere between one to two-and-a-half centimetres in ...

Also, unlike other species of jellyfish who wait for their meals, box jellyfish swim as they actively hunt their prey, which ...

A POPULAR Irish swimming spot has been issued with a major "red alert" after scientists spotted a swarm of rare jellyfish with a "painful sting" in the area. Lough Hyne in West Cork has seen an ...

There are approximately 200 described species of scyphozoans. Most are free-swimming species with the characteristic bell-shaped body, also called a medusa. Cubozoans are more commonly known as box ...

Ocean Safety Bureau officials have posted Box Jellyfish warning signs at Salt Pond Beach Park, advising beachgoers to avoid ...

Where are these drifting jellyfish headed? A jellyfish dives into the big unknown blue and begins to swim! Illustrator Mahiru Kōzuki quit drawing after having her artwork ridiculed. Idol Kano ...

Sea swimmer Dave Berry on his way to St James Hospital in Dublin after he was stung by four lion's mane jellyfish off the coast of Arklow. Dave Berry on a swim from Dun Laoghaire to Newcastle in ...

This comes after a popular Irish swimming spot has been issued with a major "red alert" after scientists spotted a swarm of ...