It's that time of year again! If you've visited one of the beaches along California's coast recently, you may have noticed ...

Called by-the-wind sailor or velella velella, here's what to know about the small, glassy jellyfish-like critters washing up ...

Scores of jellyfish-like creatures are washing up on Central Coast Beaches. The animals are called velella velella, and they ...

Wind Sailors,” have washed ashore recently on several Ventura County beaches. “When the prevailing winds shift, such as ...

Thousands of electric blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures washed up on Central Coast beaches this week. Known by the nickname ...

Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

The shores of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties have once again become the final resting place for scores of Velella velella ...

Sonoma County Regional Parks staff shared a photo taken this week that shows a carpet of creatures known as Velella velella littering the beach at Stillwater Cove Regional Park. Thousands of small ...

Thousands of velella, marine creatures also known as by-the-wind sailors, lie on the sand at Rodeo Beach on the Marin coast on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal ...

Wind Sailors," have been seen ashore at the Channel Islands Harbor as well as on Kiddie, Silver Strand and Hollywood beaches.

Called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors, the jellyfish-like creatures typically are far offshore. But winds blew heaps onshore this spring. It is not a true jellyfish but a close relative ...