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Remembering Dr. G. Richard Harbison
Dr. G. Richard Harbison, scientist and explorer, from his memorial site, here. Walking into Richard Harbison’s office was like walking into a wizard’s house. There were jars upon jars of strange,...
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The Ancient Ocean of the Dakota Access Pipeline
You pull your old car to the side of the road, slow to a stop and turn the key: the fire in your engine dies. You step onto a flat, dim expanse, covered in a sleet-grey sky. You hear the grass shudder...
View ArticleThe harrowing life of the violet snail
For a long time when I thought of the violet snail a cold chill would run down my spine. I first learned about it after moving to a new town in a new state, knowing almost no one. I sat in my living...
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What happens in the sea during a solar eclipse?
Solar eclipse. From Wikimedia commons. On July 20th, 1963, three scientists sat on a research ship 200 miles south of Woods Hole, MA, waiting for something remarkable. They were nearly 4000m above the...
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How the Squid Lost Its Shell
This is a guest post by Dr. Danna Staaf, a science writer with a PhD in marine biology from Stanford University. Her first book, Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods, chronicles the...
View ArticleWhen real-life marine biologist and mom goes to sea, she takes the octonauts...
My friend Roxanne Beinart studies deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems—work that sometimes takes her out to sea for weeks at a time. When on land, Roxanne and her young daughter love watching the...
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New Research Reveals How to Easily Grow Jellyfish In Captivity
For more updates on my research, follow along at jellybiologist.com, or on twitter @RebeccaRHelm Jellyfish begin their lives as stationary polyps, then metamorphose into one or more small jellyfish....
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Jellyfish fishing: A multi-million dollar industry
https://youtu.be/FuMxVu9F7XU?t=10s 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,...
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The Ocean Cleanup struggles to prove it will not harm sea life
I am deeply concerned that a project intending to collect plastic from the ocean’s surface, known as The Ocean Cleanup, will sweep up countless floating marine animals–collectively called the...
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The Ocean Cleanup and Floating Marine Life
Earlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they’re collecting plastic, and their picture shows HUNDREDS of floating animals...
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