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Ce n’est pas un nudibranche… Okay, but really it’s not. Nudibranch has gotten the colloquial treatment with the rising p...
10/13/2026

Ce n’est pas un nudibranche… Okay, but really it’s not.

Nudibranch has gotten the colloquial treatment with the rising popularity of sea slugs and the desire for a cool, in the know name, but it is not all encompassing. While all nudibranchs are sea slugs, not every sea slug is a nudibranch.

The beautiful little slugs in this carousel are their own superorder (a term that comes from them being a bit more broad than an order, not from their crazy powers of kleptoplasty which we will get into in another post) called Sacoglossans. Many of their common names include the work “sapsucker” because many suck out the contents of algae.

We saw a few of these beauties during the last meet up 😊

Sometimes I get this feeling on the docks like I’m being watched…
10/11/2026

Sometimes I get this feeling on the docks like I’m being watched…

I’ve gotten to work with so many incredible octopus scientists, and I’ve gotten to meet so many of them through Rosario ...
10/08/2026

I’ve gotten to work with so many incredible octopus scientists, and I’ve gotten to meet so many of them through Rosario Beach Marine Lab and Dr Kirt Onthank. While I miss everyone while the lab is closed in the off-season, this is around the time the baby octopuses start visiting me at my nightlight, like this baby ruby octopus.

Ctenophore Day falls beside a really difficult anniversary for me this year and so I did not have the capacity the prope...
10/04/2026

Ctenophore Day falls beside a really difficult anniversary for me this year and so I did not have the capacity the properly intend to celebrate it and organize something, but I wanted to acknowledge it even if it is last minute. It would mean a lot if you added some ctenophores to iNaturalist today or tagged me in some ctenophore art or other appreciation. Grateful for you all. Go celebrate our distant cousins.

Some idols are iconic enough to go by just one name; this one is recognizable from a single cell. I didn’t know about th...
10/03/2026

Some idols are iconic enough to go by just one name; this one is recognizable from a single cell.

I didn’t know about this golden gem before this year, but not I get excited everytime I find one and get to add it to my iNaturalist. Swipe for the full story :)

Which of these Fall slugs has the biggest spooky season vibes? I’m so excited for and finding slugs with friends. I’ll...
10/02/2026

Which of these Fall slugs has the biggest spooky season vibes?

I’m so excited for and finding slugs with friends. I’ll be helping out with at least four Docktober events this month, including one tomorrow, so be sure to check out the link on Luan Roberts and kō - tidepooling! page for how to get involved (there’s a wonderful and vital section on how to be a good neighbor on the docks). Also be sure to join the iNaturalist Docktober 2026 project!

When iNaturalist reached out asking if I’d share something for about a person who had helped spark my love for nature ...
09/27/2026

When iNaturalist reached out asking if I’d share something for about a person who had helped spark my love for nature and natural history, I knew I needed to talk about Zander. 

I’m grateful for the opportunity to share my naturalist origin story, even if it was heavy to create this post. I have so much joy in my life that comes from the curiosity for the natural world Zander inspired in me, but it’s also hard that I only get to iNatTogether with him in memory. It was also hard realizing how few photos I had from our time exploring together, and that most of them aren’t very clear. I treasure every blurry one of them, but it was definitely a reminder to take more photos with the friends and family I go iNatting with, not just the creatures. 

While there are only two days left before the iNatTogether campaign projects wrap up, I hope you keep taking as many opportunities to go out into nature with your loved ones as you can. And if you also have a loved one that connected you to nature but who is no longer here, I hope getting out exploring connects you with their memory and gives you comfort. 

In honor of the campaign running from today September 18th til the 28th I wanted to share some photos of who I go obse...
09/18/2026

In honor of the campaign running from today September 18th til the 28th I wanted to share some photos of who I go observing nature with.

It’s always so nice to get out into nature, but it’s even better when we iNat together.

I hope you can get outside with the people you love, and I encourage you to share the life you find on iNaturalist . If you’ve got the photo comment feature now, I’d love if you replied with who you iNat with!

In the early days of nightlighting with my friend Jen Strongin Photography, we found a dock in Seattle where a strange, ...
09/16/2026

In the early days of nightlighting with my friend Jen Strongin Photography, we found a dock in Seattle where a strange, glorious mess of a nudibranch came swimming by, coordinating its cerata in a way I’ve never seen in another slug. I haven’t seen that swimming pattern again until this Cumanotus Fernando graced me with its presence during a recent gelatinous plankton survey at the end of August.

Under my research permit and project guidelines, I briefly examined this slug under the microscope for an identification before sending it back swimming in search of a new place to feast. It was so interesting to me how it would bring its cerata all in front of it and then pull them through the water to its back all at once, like a hundred-armed breaststroke rather than the wild thrashes I see in other temporarily pelagic slugs.

I can’t seem to find very much info about these slugs online, so if you know more about them, I’d love to hear it.

Also remember to not leave nudibranchs where you find them and not to touch them unless you are permitted and have a specific research purpose. These animals are very sensitive and have very specialized diets. Not all of them have Cumanotus fernaldi’s remarkable swimming capacity to help them find another good place to feed.

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