jellyfish

Jellyfish larvae can get trapped in bathing suits and sting the skin.

The creatures pack a powerful sting that can be excruciatingly painful to humans, and in very rare cases, may cause death.

Study says the finding of an "intermittent anus" may shed light on the evolution of our own.

Surf Life Saving Queensland described the stings as an "epidemic."

Sea lice are not actually lice; they are the larvae of jellyfish and sea anemones. 

Officials cleared up the gelatinous creatures with cleaning boats and even tractors.

Human behavior is at fault.

Summer winds left the Catalan shoreline covered in thousands of blue jellyfish-like animals.

A compound called luciferin lets these critters glow.

The Irukandji jellyfish can kill you, or at least make you suffer horribly for hours.

The sight was "the stuff of nightmares."

What does it mean to sleep, after all?

It is not clear what happened to cause the deaths.