Why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology

Fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on ...
Discover Wildlife

“I couldn’t make sense of what I was looking at” – Deep sea submarine pilot recalls first sighting of super rare ocean giant

When deep-sea explorers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute went on expedition off the coast of Argentina, they were amazed to see an enormous creature floating through the gloom: a giant phantom ...
Terra Planet Earth

9 Deep-Sea Creatures That Look Fake (and the Adaptations Behind Them)

By about 200 meters, light fades fast, and below 1,000 meters the sea is functionally dark, forcing life to solve survival with stranger tools than most surface creatures ever need. That is why so ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Goodbye to thinking we had seen everything in the Atlantic Ocean—a “ghost animal” the size of a bus is spotted, and the scene leaves everyone speechless

A team of scientists experienced a moment they described as a mix of excitement and disbelief after finding a huge ‘’ghost ...

Deep-sea adventurer Edith Widder says, ‘We’re all explorers’

"I’ve been down 3,000 feet alone in the ocean, which has got to be one of the loneliest places on the planet," Widder says.
Opinion

We are changing an ocean we have barely explored

Humanity is rapidly altering a vast ecosystem that sustains life on land and sea. But restoration is nearly impossible without understanding it better.

Rare blue by-the-wind-sailors wash up on Florida beach; can they sting you?

Often mistaken for their more dangerous relatives, the delicate by-the-wind sailors are largely harmless and rely on wind to ...
Digital Camera World

Cheap underwater camera records deep-sea creature in Indonesia that’s likely never been filmed alive before

Citizen scientist and underwater filmmaker drops US$400/£300 Insta360 and DIY camera rig off the coast of Indonesia, and ...
Kevin Kelly

The Art of Finding Dory / Jellyfish: A Natural History

BENEATH THE SURFACE OF DISNEY’S AMAZING AQUATIC ADVENTURE. The Art of Finding Dory by Disney and Pixar Studios (preface by ...

1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology

Calling green fluorescent protein a model protein would also improve how biology is taught. Like classic model organisms, green fluorescent protein is safe and visual. It is also forgiving, producing ...

Newly-Discovered Cosmic ‘Jellyfish’ Is Offering a Rare Glimpse Into the Universe’s Past

This newly discovered jellyfish galaxy, named COSMOS2020-635829, has a redshift of z = 1.156, meaning astronomers are seeing it as it existed about 8.5 billion years ago. That makes it the most ...