Marine life is full of strange, beautiful, and often misunderstood creatures, but few are as bizarre and fascinating as the ...

The researchers recently published their findings in the journal iScience, highlighting at the molecular level how closely the moon jellyfish's life cycle is linked to its natural microbial community.

What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.

Jellyfish have a complex life cycle in which they take on two distinct forms: polyps and medusas. In their polyp stage, which is one of the first steps in a jellyfish’s life, they dwell on the ...

The moon jellyfish hosts a particularly adaptable microbiome that can adjust to different environmental conditions and influences transitions between different life stages. The complex life cycle ...