Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is it not a jellyfish, it's not even an "it," but a "they." The ...

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — If you’re hitting the beaches this holiday, you may want to be on the lookout for man-of-war. Not just ...

In some species the oral arms have mouths of their own. Jellyfish like the dreaded Portuguese man-of-war are also related to corals, but they’re part of a different subgroup, the siphonophores ...

Portuguese man o’ wars, also known as men-of-war or bluebottles ... but stings are rarely deadly for humans. Like most ...

The Portuguese Man o’ War - It has a gas-filled float that keeps it on the water’s surface, and long, stinging tentacles that ...

The man-of-war can be tempting to children because it looks like a deflated balloon The (Physalia physalis) is not a jellyfish, but a floating colony of organisms dependent on one another for ...

Later on, during the spring, many thousands of big barrel jellyfish started turning up on our beaches. "Both were harmless but these Portuguese man o' war are capable of giving extremely painful ...

People at some Florida beaches are on the lookout and watching their steps for blue sea creatures that have been<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...