

Lionfish: Beautiful, but Deadly, Invaders
Lionfish are strikingly gorgeous tropical reef fish, striped pink, red, silver and black with graceful frills decorating their fins. But...


The Day of the…Sargassum Weed?
In the classic 1951 sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids, made into a 1962 film, a strange meteor shower renders everyone who watches it...


Sea Anemones
Sea anemones, like the one pictured above in a tide pool on the Oregon coast, at first glance seem like flowers from an alien world. The...


Fishy Monsters
Fishing around docks and oyster reefs can yield an unpleasant surprise: squirming on the hook is a squat, monstrous-looking fish with a...


Soft Corals
Corals, related to jellyfish, are soft, tubular polyps with a crown of tentacles used to grab plankton from the water. The most familiar...


Jellyfish Ocean
Jellyfish are abundant along the Georgia coast. These pulsing bells are among the most primitive animals on earth. Their simple nervous...