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
Category: Anatomy
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
Anatomy Aquariums Hydrozoa Jellyfish lion's mane (Cyanea) Moon jellies (Aurelia spp.) Pacific stinging nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) physiology Purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata)
A Guide for Aquarists: Using Chemicals to Grow Jellyfish in Captivity
Hi all! Some of you may have read my post on a simple chemical method for inducing metamorphosis in a broadContinue Reading
Jellyfish don’t throw-up or poop, they throop. They throop through their manus.
Ok ok. This post is already starting off like a bad 3rd-grade-boy joke. But seriously (butt seriously?)–that beautiful jellyfish picturedContinue Reading
Video: Soft purple jellyfish covered in ribbons
Um, can we please go to Palawan (in the Philippines), tomorrow? This jelly, Lobonema sp., is one of my particular favsContinue Reading
The rainbow-covered jelly with a dark side
(this is a reboot of an old post that appeared on this site nearly two years ago, complete with new scienceContinue Reading
Thousands of bright blue animals are washing ashore–what are they?
Over the past few months, odd floating jellies have been washing up on Pacific US beaches by the thousands. With clear plastic-likeContinue Reading
