Stronger than Spider Silk
I found this three-level limpet world adrift in the current, like a planet that had escaped its star. The larger limpet has smaller...
Regeneration
Like most schoolkids, I learned that starfish regenerate arms. Recently I read that a severed arm of some species of starfish (or sea...
Surreal Sea Slug
There are few tidepool creatures more otherworldly than the alabaster nudibranch, Dirona albolineata. Today I watched an alabaster turn...
Stinging Nettle
Today I collected an intact but dead sea nettle jelly, Chrysaora fuscescens, about one mile north of Haystack. The nematocysts of sea...
Octopus Rescue
Today a Haystack Rock visitor pointed out a small octopus stranded in a shrinking pool. Worried that the octopus would get trampled or...
Dendronotus Density Dispatch
Today at Haystack a startling abundance of nudibranchs in the genus Dendronotus appeared. The name Dendronotus is derived from dendrite,...