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January 26, 2021
FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators are the first to quantify "shell-crushing" consumption noises in a large marine predator using the whitespotted eagle ray.
January 07, 2021
The world's leading expert on queen conch aquaculture who is a scientist at FAU's Harbor Branch has published a comprehensive, step-by-step manual to culture and restore the revered Caribbean queen conch.
January 04, 2021
When he’s not braving freezing temperatures and polar bears to study wild beluga whales in the Arctic or processing genetic samples in the lab, Greg O’Corry Crowe, Ph.D., a research scientist at ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ Atlantic University’s...
January 04, 2021
Every night, the planet’s largest migration happens as animals travel from the depths of the ocean to feed at the surface. As the sun rises, they return back to the water column’s middle region, called the mesopelagic...
January 04, 2021
Greg O’Corry-Crowe, a biologist at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, is no stranger to life on the edge, much like the animals he has dedicated his life to studying — beluga whales. He’s endured remote...
December 17, 2020
ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute scientists are at the forefront of unraveling the mystery of what causes harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee. These toxic blooms wreak havoc...
December 16, 2020
ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce will kick off the 2021 Winter John & Barbara Ferrara Ocean Science Lecture Series on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 at 4 p.m., with bi-weekly...
December 14, 2020
FAU's Harbor Branch Annie Page, Ph.D., and collaborators at FAU’s Department of Biological Sciences, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Inwater Research Group, and East Coast Biologists, Inc. were awarded a grant for their project...
December 10, 2020
A ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ Department of Health grant will help FAU researchers to evaluate health effects of exposure to harmful algal blooms in ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ and possible increased susceptibility in those infected with COVID-19.
December 08, 2020
FAU saw a whopping 92 percent increase in research funding in the first three months of fiscal year 2020-2021 compared to the same timeframe in 2019-2020.