jellyfish

This is what you need to know about the mauve stinger jellyfish that are all over our beaches in New Jersey.

Species range from the clinging jellyfish that deliver a "pretty powerful" sting, to Portuguese man o' war whose bite is "definitely serious."

A visitor to Cape May Beach captured an amazing photo of a huge jellyfish that had washed ashore. We know they're stings can be scary, but this jellyfish is a thing of beauty.

As if widespread power outages weren't bad enough, tropical storm Isaias may have also brought sea lice to New Jersey beaches.

We've been hearing since Summer began, jellyfish have been around on our beaches and at our bays. They're just too darn close for my liking at this point.

Jersey environmental officials issue a warning to swimmers in Monmouth and Ocean Counties after clinging jellyfish have begun populating.

In this addition we discuss Jellyfish, Summer, School Lunches and Food Trucks, our latest podcast ....

We are not surprised when our usual Jellyfish make their appearance each Summer here at the Jersey Shore, but Officials are saying they have found a new version.....the "Clinging Jellyfish". In a recent Patch article researchers at Montclair University reported finding nearly 40 of the species in an area off Monmouth Beach known as "the Hook".

Beach Haven Borough issued a short but to the point warning today for beach goers.

Between May and October each year the Barnegat Bay Partnership (on the heels of their State of the Bay Report release), samples with a 50-foot seine net at numerous parts of Barnegat Bay looking for juvenile fish. Officials have come across a variety of estuarine fish since 2012, but among them four are jellyfish species of which certain types have a potent and harmful sting.