Mechanosensation relates to the ability to hear and to sense touch, while hair cells are auditory cells in the vertebrate inner ear that pick up vibrations to enable hearing. Sea anemones have ...

Lonely Planet ranked the best beaches in the country, recognizing destinations for their "eerie photo opportunities" and ...

This photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows a sea turtle rescue and conservation center in Sansha City, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo) HAIKOU, ...

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

Weather agency PAGASA officially declared Wednesday, April 16, 2025 as the start of the dry season. This also coincides with ...

The Balloon Museum's new exhibition at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts is a playful collection of larger-than-life ...

Known by the nickname of by-the-wind sailors, velella velella are hydrozoans — a species related to jellyfish, anemones and corals ... circulated on Facebook of the sea creatures washing up in Cayucos ...

"Tree trunks are strewn like matchsticks, sea stacks cluster like crumbled chocolates and a colorful assortment of agates, garnets and sea glass add a touch ... pools hiding anemones, sea urchins ...

Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

Unlike jellyfish, which are cnidarians like sea anemones and corals ... “Salps are completely harmless to touch for humans and pets. They have no stinging cells,” Coastal Carolina University ...

squishy anemones, sand dollars, snails, crabs, worms, algae and horse clams that spit water several feet in the air. Rachel Easton, education director at Harbor WildWatch, points to sea life ...