Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve spotted a big, blue jellyfish on your beach walk recently, it likely wasn’t a jellyfish at all. Beachgoers around north ...

This beautiful, majestic creature could kill you in a matter of minutes. But you didn’t know that, so you decided to touch it. Now, that excruciating pain you feel is its powerful venom entering your ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Portuguese Man O’ Wars are closely related to jellyfish. Their sting is rarely deadly to ...

The town of Emerald Isle is warning beachgoers after Portuguese man o’ war were spotted along the shore. Emerald Isle posted photos on Facebook on Thursday, writing, "While they may look fascinating, ...

Right on schedule, the vibrant but venomous Portuguese man-of-war are washing onto beaches in the Hilton Head Island area. Even after its death, a sting from the species’ barbed tentacles can induce ...

A large international team of scientists sequenced the genomes of 151 Portuguese men o’ war from across their range throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (Figure 1b) and discovered these ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Beachgoers on Oahu’s south shore are asked exercise caution and watch out for Portuguese man o’ war. The Honolulu Ocean Safety Department put out an advisory Friday morning ...

City officials have issued a Portuguese man-of-war advisory for Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve and Waikiki beaches this morning. An HNL alert was issued at 9:15 a.m. after the stinging man-o-wars were ...

Portuguese man o' war, often mistaken for jellyfish, have been sighted on Florida beaches. While rarely fatal to humans, the sting can be intense and should be treated with hot compresses, not urine ...

Portuguese Man O’ War, often mistaken for jellyfish, are colonies of polyps that wash ashore due to wind and currents. Unlike jellyfish, Man O’ War are composed of different polyp types, including the ...