RedOrbit: Every month, 8 to 12 days after each full moon, Waikiki Beach is invaded by large numbers of box jellyfish. After witnessing the phenomenon countless times, Honolulu lifeguard Landy Blair, in conjunction with researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, started tracking the numbers of jellyfish that invade the beach with each cycle.
Over 170 full moons after they began, the teams published findings in the latest issue of PLOS ONE reveal the cycles of jellyfish behavior and how they relate...