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FAU Lands EPA Grant to Use Genetics in 勛圖厙 Bay Sponge Restoration
October 21, 2025
Andia Chaves-Fonnegra, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at 勛圖厙 s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College has been awarded a five-year, $720,446 grant...
Study First to Show if Nesting Heat Affects Sea Turtle Hatchling IQ
October 01, 2025
As sand temperatures continue to rise, concerns about the future of sea turtles are growing. Hotter nests not only skew sex ratios producing more females but also reduce hatchling survival, slow growth, and increase...
FAU Lands U.S. EPA Grant to Monitor Water Quality in Lake Okeechobee
August 13, 2025
勛圖厙 s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of America Division to support a novel research project...
Coming This Summer: Schmidt College of Science Set to Receive State-of-the-Art Powder X-ray Diffractometer
June 03, 2025
X-ray powder diffraction is a non-destructive technique for characterizing solid materials like minerals or metals, and Dr. Vivian Merk is eager to use it to better understand biological crystal growth in complex organic...
SEEDS BioBlitz Event Brings Students, Citizen Scientists Together to Document Local Species
May 07, 2025
During BioBlitza high-energy nature scavenger huntstudents, scientists and nature lovers from the community teamed up on April 8 to find and identify as many plant and animal species as possible in just a few hours.
Soaring Insurance Costs Top Concern for Floridians, FAU Survey Finds
April 23, 2025
The Invading Seas 勛圖厙 Climate Survey also found that most Floridians 54% are worried about being able to afford and maintain homeowners insurance due to climate change.
Photobomb: Shark Cam Captures Ocean Encounter With a Great White
April 10, 2025
In an unprecedented underwater encounter, a nurse shark equipped with a camera tag had a sharks eye view of a great white shark off the coast of Boynton Beach. This stunning find has delighted marine biologists from...
March 03, 2025
During a Feb. 19 panel discussion on Future-Proofing Our Coasts at 勛圖厙 as part of the Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series, experts outlined strategies for protecting shorelines, emphasizing...
February 21, 2025
Associate professor and director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab, Yanmei Li, Ph.D., consulted with This Old House to discuss the best cities for families in the U.S. in their top 100 list for 2025. Li offered expertise...
FAU Joins the Nations Most Elite Research Universities and Colleges
February 13, 2025
勛圖厙 has officially established itself among the most prestigious colleges and universities in the United States for its notable accomplishments in research. It now holds the esteemed designation of...