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Ritu Ghatourey

A marine biologist writes a defense for the jellyfish, a misunderstood genius of the sea.

Jellyfish have an image problem. They are seen as some of the ocean’s most destructive and harmful creatures. Tourists are stung, fishing nets are clogged, and intake pipes are stuffed. Jellyfish can be problematic for many industries and cause catastrophic losses. They also seem to be thriving in a warmer, more acidic ocean impacted by climate change.

That is one story that is being told about jellyfish. Juli Berwald’s Spineless (Riverhead Books, 2017) is another. She reveals that even scientists are divided over the causes of the recent changes of jellyfish populations and how much humans are to blame for it.

At the same time, she celebrates jellyfish for their remarkable abilities and gifts they’ve given the scientific community. She joins Ira and Dr. Lucas Brotz, a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia to discuss perception versus reality when it comes to the jellyfish. Learn more here.

Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus)

Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) x

Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) x

Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)

Tundra wolf (Canis lupus albus) x

Hudson bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) x

Alexander archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) x

Eastern wolf (Canis lupus lycaon)

Northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus irremotus) x

Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) x

Mackenzie Valley wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) x

Baffin Island wolf (Canis lupus manningi) x

Labrador wolf (Canis lupus labradorius) x

Steppe wolf (Canis lupus campsetris) x

Caspian Sea wolf (Canis lupus cubanensis) x 

Tibetan/Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco), also known as the woolly wolf. x

African wolf (Canis lupus lupaster) x

Vancouver Island wolf (Canis lupus crassodon) x

Arabian wolf (Canus lupus arabs) x

Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) x

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