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 ...

No list of dangerous jellies would be complete without the Portuguese Man O' War. Though technically a siphonophore and not a jellyfish, the Man O' War is so closely related that people lump them ...

Despite looking similar, the Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a jellyfish, and is found in the ocean. It comes after a marine expert said climate change could result in tropical sea ...

Later on, during the spring, many thousands of big barrel jellyfish started turning up on our beaches. "Both were harmless but these Portuguese man o' war are capable of giving extremely painful ...

People have been advised to be wary of the presence of hundreds of Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish that have washed ashore at Pantai Rhu Muda in Marang, Terengganu. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu ...

However, not all hydrozoans are considered jellyfish. For example, the famous Portuguese man o’ war is part of the class Hydrozoa but is known as a siphonophore. They are made up of groups of small ...

The creatures are closely related to jellyfish, but they pack a painful ... Dunn said this is the season to be on the lookout for man o' war. “It has to do with the stronger winter storms ...

KUANTAN: The public has been urged to exercise caution after hundreds of poisonous jellyfish from the species Physalia physalis, commonly known as the "Portuguese man o' war," washed ashore along ...

Each man o’ war is composed of a colony of smaller ... avoid touching them or anything that looks like a jellyfish, keep yourself and pets away from the water’s edge where they may wash ...

MARANG: The public has been advised to be wary of the presence of hundreds of venomous Portuguese man o’ war, which washed ... superficially resembles a jellyfish, but is actually a siphonophore ...