The most beautiful animal you’ve never seen
When I first saw a sea sapphire I thought I was hallucinating. The day had been anything but normal, butContinue Reading
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Six Reasons the Blanket Octopus is My New Favorite Stunning Sea Creature
Given the internet’s obsession with both large cephalopods and bizarre animals, you’d think blanket octopuses would be all over itContinue Reading
This may be the ocean’s most horrifying monster (and you’ve probably never heard of it)
When I first learned about rhizocephalan barnacles I lost my appetite. I was taking a parasitology course, and even thoughContinue Reading
Meet Phylliroe: the sea slug that looks and swims like a fish
This article first appeared at Deep Sea News Biologists have a habit of naming things after cool animals. Cars named afterContinue Reading
Ripping yourself out from the inside: The story of a starfish’s birth (and yours, too)
Baby starfish are actually magical ocean fairies called bipinnaria that swim whimsically through the sea: Yes, this wee young thingContinue Reading
How do jellyfish perceive the world?
This post is part of a new series on my recent paper: “Evolution and development of scyphozoan jellyfish.” I tryContinue Reading
Invertebrate development in glass
Talk about a career path: making glass models of invertebrate development! There hasn’t been anyone since the Blaschka father-son duoContinue Reading
