The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

Mild winter weather creates ideal conditions for these jelly-like creatures that travel by wind and wash ashore in spring.

The deepstaria jelly is a creature unlike any other that is found in one of the deepest parts of the ocean. It is known for ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...

Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

After a range of high-tech gear has been installed and fine-tuned — including multi-beam sonar to map the ocean floor ... or five-day cruise to collect jellyfish, fish and other specimens ...

While the man o' war closely resembles a jellyfish, it actually belongs to a group called siphonophores. They're named for ...

From California to British Columbia, the electric-blue, jellyfish ... coastal beaches when ocean currents shift in their spring transition. “They’re kind of a unique group of marine organisms ...