In addition to being a PhD student in the Helmuth Lab, Angela Jones (resident sea star expert), is also a teaching associate for Ocean and Coastal Processes, a course taught in Panama as a part of Northeastern's Three Seas program. The class starts in Bocas del Toro...

     Last week in the lab, Angela and Pooja found a stalked jellyfish (Stauromedusae) while collecting algae on Dive Beach. These little creatures are relatively rare and are unique among jellyfish in that they attach to a rock or other piece of substrate with their...