One thing I’ve learned from the Okeanos Explorer’s ROV trip to the Marianas Trench, is that deep sea jellyfish just like to let it all hang…
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Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on Video
New spectacular video of a enigmatic jellyfish is going viral across the internet (see below). Although first collected in 1901 and scientifically described in 1910, the giant…
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Jellyfish Journalism Fail
On May 9th of 2012, I wrote about a video going viral of an odd creature in the deep sea. The running hypothesis among online communities…
View More Jellyfish Journalism FailBack in Black
If you now have AC/DC stuck in your head all day. You’re welcome. However, there really is no better theme song for Chrysaora achlyos, the Black Sea Nettle.…
View More Back in BlackAre Jellyfish Immortal?
A species of jelly, Turritopsis dohrnii, is able to cheat death, curling into a ball (signaling the end for most species), only to grow from its own shriveled remains…
View More Are Jellyfish Immortal?Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.
If any readers out there want to spoil the ladies of DSN with some diamonds, we will gladly accept any of these lovely pieces from…
View More Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.Beneath Antarctic Ice: Gelatinous Edition
Big tip ‘o the hat to @RebeccaRHelm on Twitter for sharing this beautiful video with great music on it. Make sure you stick with the…
View More Beneath Antarctic Ice: Gelatinous EditionTGIF – City of Gonads
This Friday comes the news that a new jellyfish has been named “City of gonads”. You can’t make this stuff up, except that somebody just…
View More TGIF – City of GonadsBetter and New Video of the Enigmatic Placental Jellyfish
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has just posted better footage of Deepstaria, The scyphomedusa Deepstaria is certainly odd, with its bag-like appearance, and…
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Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The…
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