Each tentacle has about 5,000 stinging cells, which are triggered not by touch but by the presence of a chemical on the outer layer of its prey. Box jellies are highly advanced among jellyfish.

Structure of a Hurricane: Eye, Eyewall, Outer Bands ... s impacted by the sun, the wind and ocean currents. Hurricanes require warm ocean waters to develop. Typically, tropical systems require ...

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Are you convinced the reason for your son or daughter's rowdiness lies in a box of Milk Duds ... maintain there is no known link between sugar and hyperactivity. Still, many concerned parents ...

Golden jellyfish rest relatively contentedly in place at midday when the tropical sun remains high overhead. But each afternoon, as the sun continues its slow crawl toward the western horizon ...

Rebecca Sugar is a Contributor for the Sun. Protestors, sincere or otherwise, cannot be allowed to displace students trying to study for finals, get to class, and graduate. Yet they do exactly that ...

NBC6 Meteorologists Chelsea Ambriz explains: Tropical tornadoes are formed with the elevated wind shear that comes as the outer band, known as squall lines, across the area. Winds are turning in ...

Behind Florida Republicans in presidential election early voting, Democrats implore their voters to head to the polls Confronting an unpleasant truth of how their party is faring in early voting ...

A hurricane is made up of three basic parts: the eye, the eyewall and the outer rain bands. The eye of a hurricane is the clear and calm central part. It appears like a “hole” towards the ...