Monthly Archives: December 2018

(Click here if you would like to listen to an audio version of this blog!) A jellyfish is a very simple animal. It is basically two, single-cell-thick sheets that are folded into each other to make an inside tissue (the … Continue reading →

(Click here if you would like to listen to an audio version of this blog!) Last week I wrote about two kinds of algae (or two organisms, at least, who are often described using the word “algae”): blue green algae … Continue reading →

(Click here for an audio version of this blog!) “Algae” is a term of very imprecise meaning. It is used to refer to the microscopic, unicellular protists like the many species of diatoms and  dinoflagellates that make up the producing … Continue reading →

(Click here if you would like to listen to an audio version of this blog!) December and January are months of wild weather swings. We have a family video of a December 30  from many years ago in which Deborah … Continue reading →