The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

Jellyfish are usually perceived as harmful to humans and are seen as “pests”. This negative
perception has hindered knowledge regarding their value in terms of ecosystem services. As …

Here, we present ultragentle soft robotic actuators capable of grasping delicate specimens
of gelatinous marine life. Although state-of-the-art soft robotic manipulators have …

Jellyfish are recorded with increasing frequency and magnitude in many coastal areas and
several species display biological features comparable to the most popular Asiatic edible …

Jellyfish (primarily scyphomedusae) fisheries have a long history in Asia, where jellyfish
have been caught and processed as food for centuries. More recently, jellyfish fisheries …

The jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo, Macrì 1778 (Cnidaria, Rhizostomae) undergoes recurrent
outbreaks in the Mediterranean coastal waters, with large biomass populations representing …

Jellyfish and other pelagic gelatinous organisms (“gelata”) are increasingly perceived as an
important component of marine food webs but remain poorly understood. Their importance …

Scyphozoan jellyfish, or scyphomedusae, are conspicuous members of many ocean
ecosystems, and have large impacts on human health and industry. Most scyphomedusae …

Zooplankton are a key group of organisms at the base of the marine food web and are
fundamental to providing a broad range of societal and economic benefits which have …

The present study is the first evidence-based study about the ingestion of plastic and
microplastics in jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in the North Atlantic Ocean. A bloom of this …