Origami octopus by Joseph Wu

Octopus (hunting) take 5, originally uploaded by Joseph Wu Origami.

If anyone has a paper anniversary coming up, such as a year of blogging or a year since a creationist promised to “get back to you” about their debunked claim, one of Joseph Wu’s origami octopods might be the perfect gift—to themselves.

Precambrian

Here’s an evocative view of Precambrian life.

Rare pelagic jellyfish

The Wild Film History web site has a clip from the 1990s of a previously unknown pelagic jellyfish. The bell is up to a metre across and the tentacles trail about six metres.

Marine life: octopods and squids

Museum gift shop, originally uploaded by Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

It’s Cephalopod Appreciation Day!

Image from the U.S. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets

Blog Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, & Sunsets has a brief article about underwater photography: you need lights of some power to get wavelengths other than blue light.

There’s a much larger version of this image on the site.