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”
Category: Environment
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)”
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”
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 try really hard to make my research accessible,… Read more “How do jellyfish perceive the world?”
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”
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”
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?”
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,… Read more “Outta-sight jelly babies discovered under black light”
Amazing purple jelly sighting in the deep sea
I live for moments like this. Things like this make the long nights editing grant proposals, the paper rejections, the failed experiments all worth it. To me,… Read more “Amazing purple jelly sighting in the deep sea”
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