Nothing ruins a nice seaside swim than someone shouting about something swimming in the crystal clear waters, right next to you. While most people might mistakenly call a Portuguese man o' war a ...

The tentacles of a Portuguese man-of-war can grow to be 165 feet long. Roberto La Rosa/Shutterstock. It may not be a jellyfish, but the man-of-war does have one trait we commonly associate with ...

Portuguese man o' war, often mistaken for jellyfish, have been sighted on Florida beaches. While rarely fatal to humans, the sting can be intense and should be treated with hot compresses, not ...

It is estimated that there are between 700,000 and one million creatures living in the ocean. To date, approximately 242,500 ...

After a Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish washed up on the Wildwood Crest beach over the weekend, Michele Carrafiello and Kevin Kelly, medics of the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol, said the best method ...

Unlike jellyfish, a Portuguese man-of-war is made up of several organisms. Like jellyfish, they pack painful stings and venom that paralyzes small fish and crustaceans.

The Portuguese man-of-war is not a jellyfish, but is closely related. The name comes from its resemblance to an 18th-century Portuguese warship at full sail, according to the NOAA website.

The beautiful translucent blue purple Man-O-War can bring a painful sting if the tentacles touch skin. JAMAICA BEACH, Texas – If you have spent any time at the beaches on the Texas Gulf Coast ...

Unlike jellyfish, a Portuguese man-of-war is made up of several organisms. Like jellyfish, they pack painful stings and venom that paralyzes small fish and crustaceans.