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Rebecca R. Helm

Rebecca R. Helm is an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where she studies the ecology and evolution of life in the open ocean.

Why We Should Explore the Hottest Places in the Ocean

Raquel Negrete-Aranda says studying the ocean’s “plumbing” can tell us a lot about life, both under and above the sea.

February 4, 2022

Trillions of Bacteria Are Screaming with Light

Great writers waxed poetic over “milky seas.” Here’s the science behind the glow.

November 3, 2021

The Hunt for Milky Seas

Can Moby-Dick help us find one of Earth’s rarest large-scale natural wonders?

October 18, 2021

The Largest Cells on Earth

Deep in the ocean abyss, xenophyophores are worlds unto themselves.

May 5, 2021