In the Media — Jenny Hofmeister, Ph.D.

Octopus! is a two-part series releasing on Amazon Prime May 8, 2025.

Choose your own octopus adventure game

Want to imagine life as an octopus? Play this game to get a sense of the choices and consequences an octopus experiences every day. Click on the image that represents the choice you are making, and see where your adventure takes you!

Dive In with Liz Taylor and Dr. Sylvia Earle

Dr. Jenny Hofmeister is an environmental scientist at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. She focuses on invertebrate fishery management, abalone restoration, and the ecology and behavior of southern California octopuses. She studies the movement and habitat of marine predators, and how their spatial ecology influences their predatory impact on prey species.

The Hungry Octopus and the Endangered Abalone

Check out the talk I gave at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps as part of their Perspectives on Ocean Science lecture series!