Velella velella, a blue, jellyfish-like creature, has been washing up on beaches in California in unusual numbers.

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Photo from Channel Islands Harbor “These blue jellyfish-like creatures use their translucent, triangular sails to free-float around the ocean,” Point Reyes National Seashore said in a March ...

The animals are called velella velella, and they are related to jellyfish. Nicknamed “by-the-wind sailors,” they are small, oval and bright-blue with a clear, stiff sail which helps propel them across ...

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This April, due to persistent gentle and variable winds, our beaches have been inundated with countless velella velella — translucent, electric-blue, jellyfish-like creatures known as by-the ...

It's thought a recent invasion of jellyfish along several parts of the coast are causing the stench in Ibiza - and also turned the beaches blue. People walk on the beach covered in jellyfish in ...

From California to British Columbia, the electric-blue, jellyfish-looking creatures are washing ashore in droves, according to experts and media reports. Known as Velella velella or by-the-wind ...

From California to British Columbia, the electric-blue, jellyfish-looking creatures are washing ashore in droves, according to experts and media reports. Known as Velella velella or ...