Wooden Homes on the Seafloor Yield Insights Into the Impacts of Climate Change
Nearly two miles below the ocean’s surface, we are building new worlds. You might be surprised that these ecospheres...
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Sunflower Stars: Rulers of the Reef
Back in the day, I ran some experiments looking at different California kelp forest predators and their effects on...
10 Things Science, Science Communication, and Just Maybe All of Academia Needs
On the heals of being inspired at #scifoo at GoogleX, I’m a little fired up. Monday morning at the...
So, You Want to Live in the Water? A Tale of Why Aquatic Mammals are So Big
Guest post by William Gearty (Ph.D. Student at Stanford University) It’s summertime and you’re sweating from the heat and...
Embracing Yes/Also: Marine Protected Areas Are Not An Either/Or Proposition
Ocean science and conservation, like any human enterprise, is subject to its fair share of internal messiness from time...
Jellyfish fishing: 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,...
Drawing Connections
Art is my favorite way to communicate science. It’s the language that transcends boundaries. For the past couple of months, I have been working with an amazing team to tell this important story, I hope you enjoy.
Kelp, Spacecraft, and You
OK, folks, time for some more KEEEELP FROOOOM SPAAAAAACE!!! And an opportunity for you to do some science of...
How We Know Megalodon Doesn’t Still Exist?
Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever...
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 As a scientist, I love jellyfish,...