Often mistaken for their more dangerous relatives, the delicate by-the-wind sailors are largely harmless and rely on wind to ...

Technically called Velella velella, the sailors resemble an ear with a thin translucent fin attached to a base of concentric ...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. -- Have you seen them? Thousands of small sea creatures are invading Bay Area beaches. Marine experts say tiny colonies are washing ashore. The occurrence isn't rare, but rarely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — If you walked along San Diego’s beaches recently, you may have encountered blue creatures shaped like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A number of blue ...

Marine biologist Carolyn Belak has a thing for small and unusual sea creatures. So when hundreds of thousands of Velella velella — gelatinous creatures better known as by-the-wind sailors — drifted ...

In a spectacle rarely seen along the San Diego County coastline, thousands of Velella velellas — or “by-the-wind sailors” — are washing ashore in a mass stranding. Scientists say it is a natural ...

They’re blue and purple, they can sting and they’re washing up on the shores of Southern California. No, these aren’t jellyfish, though they kind of look like them. The jellyfish-esque animals, also ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO – Thousands of blue jellyfish-like ...