Nov 25, 2024
Nightly Elevator
It shows a jellyfish ascending to the surface, where it will feed in darkness, safe from daytime predators. Before dawn it will sink back down to safety. This one, however, has a hitchhiker: the little yellow fish has hopped aboard for a free ride up. Piggybacking like this also offers the fish a measure of protection, since passing predators tend to avoid the jellyfish’s stingers.
Photograph: Tom Shlesinger/Royal Society Publishing
Royal Society Publishing photography prize
