The Thing About Jellyfish

• Jellyfish: A Natural History

This nonfiction resource includes 290 color photographs of jellyfish species worldwide along with information about jellyfish habitats, anatomy, history, and relationship with the environment.

• Interview with Ali Benjamin by Tim Manley for the National Book Foundation

This written interview with the author, Ali Benjamb in, reveals her writing process and her thoughts on the novel’s themes.

• Jellyfish 101 by Nat Geo Wild

This National Geographic learning video is approximately 4 minutes in length and introduces jellyfish facts. It features information on the “immortal” jellyfish species referenced in the novel.

• Study Jams: Scientific Theory & Evidence

This is a 3-minute free video from Scholastic on the scientific process as applied to problems and questions throughout history; it discusses the lasting feasibility of the scientific process.

• Ali Benjamin on The Thing About Jellyfish at the 2015 Miami Book Fair

A 10-minute video interview with the author in which she discusses her inspiration for writing the book and becoming a finalist for the National Book Award.

• “Scale of the Large”

This Khan Academy video uses a comparative scale to measure humans, Earth, the universe, and the solar system.