The harrowing life of the violet snail
For a long time when I thought of the violet snail a cold chill would run down my spine. I firstContinue Reading
Science, art, and jellyfish
For a long time when I thought of the violet snail a cold chill would run down my spine. I firstContinue Reading
This post originally appeared at DeepSeaNews.com and has been moved here with improved formatting. I am awkward, and for thatContinue Reading
When I first saw a sea sapphire I thought I was hallucinating. The day had been anything but normal, butContinue Reading
Given the internet’s obsession with both large cephalopods and bizarre animals, you’d think blanket octopuses would be all over itContinue Reading
When I first learned about rhizocephalan barnacles I lost my appetite. I was taking a parasitology course, and even thoughContinue Reading
This article first appeared at Deep Sea News Biologists have a habit of naming things after cool animals. Cars named afterContinue Reading
Baby starfish are actually magical ocean fairies called bipinnaria that swim whimsically through the sea: Yes, this wee young thingContinue Reading
This post is part of a new series on my recent paper: “Evolution and development of scyphozoan jellyfish.” I tryContinue Reading
Talk about a career path: making glass models of invertebrate development! There hasn’t been anyone since the Blaschka father-son duoContinue Reading
Hi all! Some of you may have read my post on a simple chemical method for inducing metamorphosis in a broadContinue Reading