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 a while. It started with a friend of mine. This colleague and friend… Read More ›
Ecology
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.
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, its got a tentacle party going all up over its body. It doesn’t… Read More ›
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 day as any other, casting your next for fish. But today is different…. Read More ›
The exceptional life of the mauve stinger jelly Pelagia noctiluca
Mauve stingers jellies can appear on coast by the thousands, literally overnight. This may come as no surprise to salmon farms off Ireland, or tourists in France and Spain. But where do these mauve stingers coming from? How can thousands of animals just show up, as if out… Read More ›
Jellypocalyps: Interview with Fox News
Yay! My writings on the jelly shredders were picked up, and I got a call from Fox asking for an interview. Did you know that any time you see a split screen on the news, with two people talking to each… Read More ›
Jelly killing machine tested in Korea
Scientists in South Korea have developed autonomous robots designed to kill jellies by the thousands. These floating ocean drones are given the GPS coordinates of a jelly bloom, and then move through in a synchronized formation. The propeller blades draw… Read More ›
