Discovery. Drama. Diversity. Design inspo. Let’s squirm into the sea grass and the tidal crevices with California Academy of Sciences legend Dr. Terry Gosliner and the American Museum of Natural History’s Dr. Jessica Goodheart to discover bunny horns, finger backs, stolen weaponry, “buttflowers,” doomed first dates, high fashion, tiny eyes, gender fluidity, “Finding Nemo” cameos, the boardgame you need, and how your phone can warm a scientists heart just by slipping on a windbreaker and looking for beautiful things.

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Visit the Goodheart Lab and follow Dr. Goodheart on Google Scholar

Visit the Gosliner Slug Lab and follow Dr. Gosliner on Google Scholar

Donations went to California Academy of Sciences and oSTEM

Links to things we discussed:

iNaturalist 2026 Sea Slug Search

West Covina - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

Glaucus atlanticus aka blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue ocean slug

Blue Dragons Invade Spain, Close Down Beaches

Spanish Dancer Nudibranch Photo

Cerata

Arina Borevich—a.k.a. Wool Creature Lab

Why Nudibranchs? And Readers’ Questions