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
Science, art, and jellyfish
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
Hi all! Some of you may have read my post on a simple chemical method for inducing metamorphosis in a broadContinue Reading
Ok ok. This post is already starting off like a bad 3rd-grade-boy joke. But seriously (butt seriously?)–that beautiful jellyfish picturedContinue Reading
Um, can we please go to Palawan (in the Philippines), tomorrow? This jelly, Lobonema sp., is one of my particular favsContinue Reading
(this is a reboot of an old post that appeared on this site nearly two years ago, complete with new scienceContinue Reading
Over the past few months, odd floating jellies have been washing up on Pacific US beaches by the thousands. With clear plastic-likeContinue Reading