The translucent blobs, known as by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella), began piling up Sunday (March 30) along several beaches in the San Francisco Bay Area. Although the animals look like ...

If you’ve been to a beach in the Grand Strand lately, you might have noticed thousands of little clear blobs scattered across the sand. But what are the colorless, gelatinous creatures?

The creatures have been spotted up and down the California coast in recent weeks, according to iNaturalist, Photo from Joe Dudeck via Unspash Thousands of blue blobs blanketed Southern California ...