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    Category: Ecology

    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 it by now. I mean, a two-meter-long octopus… Read more “Six Reasons the Blanket Octopus is My New Favorite Stunning Sea Creature”

    June 24, 2019February 13, 2020 by RRHelm

    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 though I’d developed a thick skin, something about… Read more “This may be the ocean’s most horrifying monster (and you’ve probably never heard of it)”

    October 31, 2018May 13, 2019 by RRHelm

    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 after comb jellies, internet passwords after giant squid.… Read more “Meet Phylliroe: the sea slug that looks and swims like a fish”

    October 23, 2018October 26, 2018 by RRHelm

    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 thing is a starfish, though it looks nothing… Read more “Ripping yourself out from the inside: The story of a starfish’s birth (and yours, too)”

    September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 by RRHelm

    Bali’s hidden jellyfish garden

    Can you see all the jellies? I’m currently in Indonesia on a much needed vaca, and obviously that means trying to find as many jellyfish as possible. … Read more “Bali’s hidden jellyfish garden”

    June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 by RRHelm

    Jellyfishing: A multi-million dollar industry

    Check out this incredible video of jellyfishing (aka ‘jellyballing’). The first part of the video, with the brown-colored jellyfish, is from the US state of Georgia, where… Read more “Jellyfishing: A multi-million dollar industry”

    March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by RRHelm

    Could jellyfish help clean our seas?

    This post is an idea post. It isn’t about the latest science (at least, not fully). Instead, it’s about a thought. Something I’ve been wondering about for… Read more “Could jellyfish help clean our seas?”

    September 22, 2015September 21, 2015 by RRHelm

    This time-lapse video of glowing corals looks like a dreamscape

    Best viewed in full-screen HD with headphones. Click here for a full list of species that appear in the video.

    August 5, 2014August 5, 2014 by RRHelm

    Outta-sight jelly babies discovered under black light

    So, the flower hat jellyfish pretty much looks like someone painted it while tripping on acid. It doesn’t just have tentacles on the edges, no way man,… Read more “Outta-sight jelly babies discovered under black light”

    July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 by RRHelm

    Mystery of the golden jelly

    Just where or where did this beautiful jelly come from?   Imagine you’re a fishermen in Chioggia in north-east Italy. It’s autumn, 2013, and you start your… Read more “Mystery of the golden jelly”

    May 30, 2014March 9, 2018 by RRHelm

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