INVERTEBRATE OF THE YEAR CONTEST! I love the immortal jelly pick. In my book about Spineless Superpowers (The Oceans Menagerie @vikingbooks.bsky.social and on Amazon), I chose Jellyfish Bioluminescence; Green fluorescent Protein won the 2008 Nobel prize for its immense value as a live cell tracker.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Six mind-bendingly amazing facts about invertebrates

What a sensational science story about an almost mythical beast from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

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Scientists monitor the loss of vital eelgrass plants in Salish Sea www.cascadepbs.org/environment/...

Scientists monitor the loss of vital eelgrass plants in Salish Sea

The marine vegetation helps mitigate climate change impacts and serves as vital habitat. But a study finds the species is at risk in the San Juans.

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Here is the story in our words of the experiments Melanie and Alyssa @rhizalyssa.bsky.social and Grace ran to discover the Vibrio bacterium causing sea star wasting. And Amy Chan's work to get it in culture, so we essentially fulfilled Koch's postulates... theconversation.com/the-bacteria...

The bacteria killing sea stars in the Pacific: How our team uncovered a decade-long mystery

Sea stars are vital to ocean ecosystems; however, a pathogen has been killing them in large numbers, rendering some species critically endangered.

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We don't get color photos and articles in Newsweek very often; we sure appreciate this good science coverage. www.newsweek.com/starfish-sea...

Death of 5 billion starfish baffled scientists—until now

The mass die-off, which began in 2013, saw sea star populations plunge and reshaped vital marine ecosystems in the U.S. and Canada.

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great article in NYT about our discovery of the bacterium causing sea star wasting. This is also a chapter in my new book The Oceans Menagerie. @vikingbooks.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terrifying’ Sea Star Disease

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We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos. Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

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Delighted that Nature included #OceansMenagerie in their Top 5 Science picks. The #OceansMenagerie Drew Harvell Viking (2025). #Marinelife #intertidal #scuba #nudibranchs #octopus #seastars @vikingbooks.bsky.social To the Moon and quack: Books in brief www.nature.com/articles/d41...

To the Moon and quack: Books in brief

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

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Delighted that #OceansMenagerie @vikingbooks.bsky.social made the top 25. Takes corals, starfish and octopus to the beach with you! sustainability.stanford.edu/news/25-book...

25 books for summer on sustainability and life on Earth

Discover thought-provoking reads on climate, culture, and the planet – handpicked by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability faculty.

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Meet the Ocean’s cutest assassin, the shag rug sea slug or Aeolidia Papillosa. Known for their bunny like appearance, the slug actually preys upon sea anemone. But not only as a food source, they also absorb their stinging nematocysts and use them as a method of defense! @drewharvell.bsky.social

Chapter one of “Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life” is now available on our substack! Chapter one explores all of the amazing abilities of sea slugs! @drewharvell.bsky.social

Loved this trivia game around our upcoming @bigbiology.bsky.social podcast. I'll add some of these trivia questions to the ones in my talks... yep, got 'em all right...

Big Biology | A Science Podcast@bigbiology.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you ready for our newest episode? Test your knowledge with a pop quiz! Tune into our next episode with Dr. Drew Harvell to hear about her time in marine research at NSF and all about her new book, “The Ocean’s Menagerie: How the Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life”!

Next week my podcast with @bigbiology.bsky.social airs about my new book The #OceansMenagerie. This clip is about my hobbies and Cornell University #Blaschka #glass #invertebrate. #marinelife #SciCom #artandscience Meet the scientist: Drew Harvell (bonus) open.substack.com/pub/bigbiolo...

Meet the scientist: Drew Harvell (bonus)

Meet next episode’s guest, Drew Harvell! Drew is a Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, Affiliate Faculty at the University of Washington, former Science Envoy ...

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Exciting talking about #Spineless Superpowers and #Ocean'sMenagerie on Airwaves Podcast today. with @vikingbooks.bsky.social #marinelife #sponges #intertidal #aquanaut #saturationdiving #coralreefs archive.org/details/drew...

Deep Sea's Surprises : R. Gallyot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

June 3, 2025 - The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life with Professor-Dr. Drew Harvell.

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It's an honor to be part of the @bigbiology.bsky.social. I listen to all their episodes (including the key current one #SaveNSF, link below)and excited to be up next week in a 50 minute podcast chatting about #Ocean'sMenagerie.

Have you listened to our episode on National Science Foundation funding and the future of science? Tune into our #SaveNSF episode to get learn the importance of NSF funding and the detrimental impacts of recent budget cuts. #science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #biology #sciencepodcast

My friends love the audible version of The Ocean's Menagerie as podcasts when they are hiking, cooking or enjoying #marinelife at the #beach. try this sample chapter, The Sea Slug's Sting soundcloud.com/penguin-audi...

Listen to an excerpt from

An elegantly written exploration of the cutting-edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms th

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Spineless in Seattle! What a great lineup to be part of for @seattleaquarium.bsky.social Lightening Talks with @vikingbooks.bsky.social. #spineless, #invertebrates, #nudibranchs, #crabs, #seastars, #sponges, #marinelife, #tidepools, #aquanaut www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVAp...

Lightning Talks: Spineless

YouTube video by Seattle Aquarium

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Hear @drewharvell.bsky.social talk about her new book The Ocean's Menagerie. Inverts are sooooo amazing!!! www.npr.org/2025/04/28/1...

Regeneration, super strength, stolen powers: Meet sea creatures inspiring research : Short Wave

From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most ancient and diverse critters on Earth. And so are their superpowers, as marine biologist Drew Harve...

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Can't wait to join the panel for Spineless!

Seattle Aquarium@seattleaquarium.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for Lightning Talks: Spineless on May 22! We'll be diving into the world of spineless creatures, aka invertebrates! 🪱⭐ This free, virtual science education program includes the chance for live Q&A with our expert speakers! Register: www.seattleaquarium.org/events/light...

SPINELESS! Looking forward to Spineless lightening talks panel with @seattleaquarium.bsky.social. Its an online evening, so all are welcome! There will be nudibranchs and seastars and octopus! #marinelife #invertebrates #nudibranchs #seastars #octopus #spineless

“...with very long-lived, slow-growing sharks, you can decimate 100 years of conservation in 15 minutes of fishing because it takes so long for those sharks to rebound and regrow their populations,” McCauley said. #marinelife #MPA #PacificIslands #KIngmanReef www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

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Come join my son and I on a dive to look for sponges on Yucatan Reefs, at our old seafan ecology site. drewharvell.com/2025/04/23/f... #marinelife #sponges #coralreefs #mexico #yucatan #scuba #invertebrates

Love the write up for Ocean's Menagerie in Yale Climate Connections Top 12 Earth Month Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/12-b...

SO excited The #OceansMenagerie is included in 12 books to commemorate the diverse legacy of Earth Month #marinelife #octopus #seastars #nudibranchs #coral #ocean #scuba #scicom #tidepool yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/12-b...

12 books to commemorate the diverse legacy of Earth Month » Yale Climate Connections

Authors explore the meaning and impact of Earth Day from 1970 to 2025.

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Thanks LitHub for publishing an extract of The #Octopus's Shape Shift from The #OceansMenagerie, just released on Earthday! See event schedule at DrewHarvell.com #marinelife #cephalopod #scuba @vikingbooks.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lite...

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · last yr.

@drewharvell.bsky.social explores human fascination with the otherwordly octopus.

Happy #EarthDay and Release Day! #BookTalk tonight and The Times London Book of the Week! “The #OceansMenagerie a marine smorgasbord of the spineless. "...she has discovered is magic and bewildering, astonishing creatures that challenge our idea of animalhood" www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Fully protected #Calif #MPAs significantly enhance #kelp forests' resistance to and recovery from marine #heatwaves in Southern California. kudos Joy Kumagai, Giulio De Leo, @nurad.bsky.social @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MarineLife #ocean #fishery

Marine Protected Areas That Preserve Trophic Cascades Promote Resilience of Kelp Forests to Marine Heatwaves

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are key management tools which can help to foster climate resilience of ecosystems during and after large-scale marine heatwaves. Specifically, when MPAs protect Califor...

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LitHub voted my book in their top-10 non-fiction! "The strange creatures of the deep ocean are endlessly fascinating, and Drew Harvell’s fascinating exploration of the depths of their wondrousness is as gripping as you’d hope." lithub.com/from-the-nig... #marinelife #invertebrates #nudibranch

#Nudibranch superpowers! I'm updating the blog on my website with tidepool meanderings, starting with nudibranchs. Here is my Monterey #tidepool favorite, Hopkin's Rose. It uptakes its color from its prey, Rosy Bryozoan. drewharvell.com/2025/03/22/f... #marinelife #invertebrates #nudivember