RESOURCES
Learn more about jellies
Track jellyfish sightings using Jellyfish Watch!
Audio
- Toxinology (JELLYFISH TOXINS) with Anna Klompen – Ologies with Alie Ward, Aug 2020
- Medusology (JELLYFISH) with Dr. Rebecca Helm – Ologies with Alie Ward, July 2020
- Soft Robot Gives Jellyfish A Hug – Science Friday, August 2019
- Cnidariology (CORAL) with Shayle Matsuda – Ologies with Alie Ward, July 2019
- Jellyfish, The Misunderstood Genius Of The Sea – Science Friday, January 2018
- Turning The Tide On Jellyfish Stings – Science Friday, October 2018
- Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi? – Stuff You Should Know, August 2016
Books
- Jellyfish: A Natural History – Dr. Lisa-Ann Gershwin
- Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean – Dr. Lisa-Ann Gershwin
- World Atlas of Jellyfish
Videos
- JellyClubAdmin
- How to live forever? Be a Jellyfish – SciShow
- The animal that wouldn’t die – NPR’s Skunk Bear
- No such thing as a jellyfish – MBARI
- Observing nematocysts – Smithsonian SRI
- The secret superpowers of jellyfish – Quartz
- Jellyfish predate dinosaurs – TED-Ed
- Portuguese man-of-war – Blue Planet II
- Sea anemones fighting – Shape of Life
- Box jellyfish stings kill—but how often? – Science Magazine
Webpages
- Jellies and Comb Jellies – Ocean Portal
- Jellypedia – Griffith University
- A jellyfish is born – Ocean Portal
- All about jellyfish stings – Australian Academy of Sciences
- jellyfishbiologist.com – Helm Lab Blog
- Claudia Mills website
- World Hydrozoan Database
- Cnidarian Tree of Life Project
Maintaining jellyfish at home
- Jellyfish Warehouse – Variety of jellies, tank and tank bundles, maintenance supplies, how-to guides
- Jellyfish Art – Tanks and tank bundles, starter kits, maintenance supplies moon jellies
- Sunset Marine Lab – Tanks, animals, moon jellies, maintenance supplies
- More about moon jellies on moonjellyfish.com
- How to Keep Jellyfish in Aquariums: An Introductory Guide for Maintaining Healthy Jellies – Chad Widmer
World of venoms
Toxin: biologically-derived chemical substance that causes physiological harm to an organism.
Poison: either a singular toxin or mixture of toxins delivered passively, by means of absorption, inhalation, or ingestion, to another organism that causes illness, impairment, or other biological harm at a physiologically-dependent amount for the purpose of defense; often acquired exogenously (organism acquires toxins from the external environment, such as in their diet).
Venom: complex cocktail of toxins delivered through a specialized delivery mechanism from one organism to another for the purpose of predation, defense, digestion, competition, or other benefit of the organism delivering the venom; often acquired endogenously (organism produces the toxins).
Audio
- Toxinology (JELLYFISH TOXINS) with Anna Klompen – Ologies with Alie Ward, Aug 2020
- Scorpion Vs Mouse: A Mind-Blowing Desert Showdown – NPR Short Wave, Aug 2020
- Snakebite – NRP Planet Money, Nov 2019
- Word on the Snakevine Podcast
Books
- Venom: The Secrets of Nature’s Deadliest Weapon – Ronald Jenner and Eivind Undheim
- Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry – Christie Wilcox
Videos
- Nature of Science Youtube Channel
- Box jellyfish stings kill—but how often? – Science Magazine
- The power of venom – and how it could save your life – TED2020
- Deadly cures: how venomous animals could save your life – TEDxUG
- Venoms vs. Poisons – The Brain Scoop
- Saving human kind, one scorpion at a time – TEDx
- The Deadliest Venomous Animals In The World – Science Insider
- 8 of the Worst Stinging Insects – SciShow
- The Most Venomous Animals in the World – SciShow
Articles
- These life saving drugs are made from deadly venom – WEF, 9 Nov 2018
- Venomics named one of the 8 frontiers of science – WEF, 9 Nov 2018
- The intoxicating science of animal venoms – WEF, 6 Nov 2018
- Pick your poison – OSU Arts and Sciences Faculty Feature, Fall 2018
- Venoms to the rescue – Sciencemag.com, 31 Aug 2018
- Why some animals have venom so lethal, they can not even use them – BBC, 5 April 2016
- On the Origin of Venom – Nat Geo, 9 Jan 2013
WHAT I AM READING
- From Tiny Polyps to the Origin of Stem Cell Research – Ecology for the Masses, Sept 2020
- You might hate jellyfish. But almost everything in the ocean depends on them (and we do too) – The Correspondent, June 2020
- These jellyfish can sting without touching you, thanks to ‘mucus grenades’ – NatGeo, Feb 2020
- Study reveals some jellyfish can launch deadly “mucus grenades” – Inverse, Feb 2020
- You Didn’t Touch These Jellyfish, but They Can Sting You With Tiny Grenades – NYTimes Science, Feb 2020
- First jellyfish genome reveals ancient beginnings of complex body plan – Phys.org, December 2018
- Jellyfish almost killed this scientist. Now, she wants to save others from their fatal venom – Science, Nov 2018
- Jellyfish: Scary Squishy, Brainless, Beautiful – NatGeo, Oct 2018
- Who wants to eat a jellyfish? – NYT Science , Sept 2018
- Get big quick? Just graft some friends – Artful Ameba, Sept 2018
- Are we using the correct first aid for jellyfish? – MJA, April 2017
- A jellyfish so surreal – Artful Ameba April 2016
- Better living through venom – The New Yorker, 12 October 2015
- Should We Stop Using Vinegar To Treat Box Jelly Stings? Not Yet—Venom Experts Weigh In On Recent Study – Discover, April 2014
- What’s behind that jellyfish sting? – Smithsonianmag.com, Aug 2013
- Jellyfish: The next king of the sea – Smithsonianmag.com, Aug 2010
- An International Adventure in Japan: Cnidarian Tree of Life, 2006
LIVE FEEDS
- Blue blubbers, National Aquarium, Baltimore MD
- Moon jellyfish cam, Monterey Bay CA (see sidebar)
- Sea nettle jelly cam, Monterey Bay CA (see sidebar)
- Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach CA
- NOAA Okeanos Explorer
ACADEMIA, SCIENCE COMM PROGRAMS
- Resources
- Advocacy and outreach – The Node
- Science Communications Resources – 500womenscientists
- iBiology
- Scitable | Learn Science at Nature
- AAAS Public Engagement Resources
- Projects
- Opportunities at University of Kansas
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