Thousands of translucent blue marine organisms, known as by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella), have recently washed ashore along the beaches of Northern California. These sudden mass strandings, ...

The Harte Research Institute shares that powerful stings come from the slug's diet of Portuguese man-o-wars The Harte Research Institute has issued a warning about a pack of stunningly blue sea ...

Have you ever seen a blue sea creature like this one? The oceans of the world are home to some unusual creatures, and few compare to the likes of this sea slug. So, let’s dive a little deeper into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the Wind Sailors washed up in Cayucos on April 10. (Danna Dykstra-Coy /dannajoyimages.com ...

California beaches have been the site of some ghastly scenes this year. Dying sea lions, dolphins, seagulls, pelicans and even a minke whale have washed up on the sands from San Diego to Santa Barbara ...

This week’s beachcombing brought an unforgettable sight along our Texas shoreline: blue dragons. While walking a short stretch of beach, I counted nearly 20 of these tiny, electric-blue sea slugs ...

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 ...

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Thousands of electric blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures washed up on Central Coast beaches this week. Known by the nickname of by-the-wind sailors, velella velella are hydrozoans — a species related ...