Jellyfish can produce offspring both sexually ... stinging cells that shoot out tiny barbed tubes to harpoon floating prey. To reel it into their mouths, they use streamer-like appendages known ...

which emit an otherworldly glow that illuminates their surroundings and helps attract prey or potential mates. Unlike most marine creatures, jellyfish lack a centralized brain or nervous system.

The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful venom to instantly stun or kill prey, like fish and shrimp, so their struggle to escape wouldn’t damage its delicate tentacles.

Portuguese man-of-war in Formentera. The stinging, venom-filled nematocysts in the tentacles of the Portuguese man o’ war can paralyze small fish and other prey.

While most ants are harmless, the harvester ant has venom that rivals some of the deadliest snakes. Its sting is 20 times ...

T. dohrnii may bend the rules to rejuvenate itself, but it can't always cheat death. For example, jellyfish, including immortal ones, are prey to other animals, such as fish and turtles. Polyps are ...

Like jellyfish, the sea anemone has stinging cells on its tentacles. This is how the sea anemone catches its prey and defends itself from enemies.

“By contrast our study found jellyfish are a common prey of black-browed albatrosses and the closely related Campbell albatross. “While there was a large variation between breeding ...