The venomous marine creature usually found in the Atlantic or Indian oceans washed ashore in the Gulf, near South Beach.

Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is it not a jellyfish, it's not even an "it," but a "they." The ...

An Orange Beach visitor yesterday snapped a photo of a rare Gulf Coast sighting, a Portuguese man o’ war. “Stranded but still ...

Man-of-war are known for their long tentacles that grow to be an average of 30 feet, but can be around 100-feet-long, ...

If you've been for a stroll along some Lowcountry beaches in recent weeks, you may have come across a few jellyfish washed up ...

To avoid surprises on the shore, there are apps and platforms like Infomedusa, Meduseo or MedusApp that allow real-time monitoring of jellyfish and Portuguese Man O' War presence on beaches.

While not technically jellyfish, the colonial hydrozoan’s sting can be very painful. The UK’s Wildlife Trusts says the Portuguese man o’ war can be identified as a “large translucent ...

a group of animals that are closely related to jellyfish. The NOAA said Portuguese man o' war tentacles deliver venom capable of paralyzing and killing small fish and crustaceans. "While the man ...