Matthew Russell
Articles by Matthew Russell
Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy
In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?
Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy
In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?
Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters
A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...
Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters
A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...
Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction
They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...
Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction
They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...
Heat and Horror Awaited Rescuers Who Found Nearly 100 Cats Trapped in Spider-Infested Filth
Behind a rural Colorado property, nearly 100 cats were found locked inside sweltering cages—some nursing kittens, others sick and terrified. Their enclosures? Infested with black widow spiders.
Heat and Horror Awaited Rescuers Who Found Nearly 100 Cats Trapped in Spider-Infested Filth
Behind a rural Colorado property, nearly 100 cats were found locked inside sweltering cages—some nursing kittens, others sick and terrified. Their enclosures? Infested with black widow spiders.
Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers
Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...
Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers
Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...
Climate-Fueled Echo Chambers Threaten the Ocean’s Living Symphony
What does climate change sound like? Scientists listening to 15 years of underwater recordings heard freight-train engines thundering where humpbacks once sang, and even spotted the 2008 recession as a...
Climate-Fueled Echo Chambers Threaten the Ocean’s Living Symphony
What does climate change sound like? Scientists listening to 15 years of underwater recordings heard freight-train engines thundering where humpbacks once sang, and even spotted the 2008 recession as a...