VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After a Portuguese man o' war was spotted at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Wednesday, we reached out to the Virginia Aquarium to educate us on what the creature is and why it ...

A large international team of scientists sequenced the genomes of 151 Portuguese men o’ war from across their range throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (Figure 1b) and discovered these ...

Despite their vibrant blue color and delicate bodies, seeing a Portuguese man o' war along the coast sends beachgoers in the opposite direction. These jellyfish-like animals are known instead for ...

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Portuguese Man O’ War, often mistaken for jellyfish, are colonies of polyps that wash ashore due to wind and currents. Unlike jellyfish, Man O’ War are composed of different polyp types, including the ...

If you’re planning to visit the French Basque coast or the Landes region this summer, you might want to keep an eye out for something that looks like a jellyfish but is far more dangerous. The ...

Two Portuguese man-o-war washed up on a beach in Surf City on Long Beach Island on Wednesday morning. Photos posted on social media by a woman who was beachcombing show the siphonophores, which are ...

The stinging sea animal has been recently spotted on six beaches between Wales and Cornwall over the course of two weeks. The Portuguese man o' war is not a jellyfish, but rather a cooperative of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The venomous Portuguese man o’ war has been spotted in Virginia Beach. When the marine creatures washed up in the resort city, a lot of people were surprised. That ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Deep in the ocean, you can find all sorts of creatures. But sometimes, you can also find them on land. Not one, not two, but at least three Portuguese man o’ war washed up on the sand ...

As the summer heat simmers down and the Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close, locals and tourists alike are heading to South Florida's beaches in droves. But there is an oddly shaped hazard that ...