Research Characterizes Remarkable Skills of Octopus Arms in the Wild
Think your multitasking is impressive? A new study reveals that wild octopuses use their arms with incredible complexity. Each of the eight limbs can perform any type of movement, but clear patterns emerged.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Lands U.S. EPA Grant to Monitor Water Quality in Lake Okeechobee
With a $700,000 grant, researchers will study how sunlight alters pollutants like pesticides into toxic byproducts using innovative sampling and chemical analysis techniques.
New Study on Hope Among U.S. Youth Reveals Key to Safer Schools
As the new school year begins, a study by ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's College of Social Work and Criminal Justice reveals that hope in adolescents is a powerful protective force against bullying and cyberbullying.
Spying on Stingrays: First-ever Tags Show Elusive Behaviors, Habitats
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch researchers are the first to successfully develop and field-test a multi-sensor biologging tag on the elusive whitespotted eagle ray, providing vital insights into their behavior.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Receives $1M Grant to Study Gulf's Mesophotic Coral Habitats
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch researchers and collaborators will study how ocean currents and river nutrients affect deep coral ecosystems on the West Florida Shelf - one of the gulf's largest and least-studied habitats.
Chef José Andrés' Longer Tables Fund Will Expand ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Queen Conch Lab
The grant awarded to ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch supports the expansion of its queen conch aquaculture lab and is part of a global philanthropic effort to tackle urgent challenges through the power of food.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Gets $1M to Prevent Medication-related Harm, Falls in Older Adults
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Schmidt College of Medicine researchers will develop a targeted approach to eliminate the guesswork in medication management to reduce the risk of adverse drug events - particularly dangerous falls.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Sensing Institute's Weather Network Brings Real-time Forecasting
×ó°®ÊÓƵ I-SENSE is storm ready with SEA Econet, a cutting-edge weather network stretching from Key West to South Carolina, delivering real-time data to boost forecasting accuracy and strengthen coastal resilience.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ CA-AI Lands $2.1M to Form New U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence
To address critical U.S. Air Force communications needs, ×ó°®ÊÓƵ engineering's CA-AI has received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Air Force Research Laboratory.
Drone Captures Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Explore, Forage and Play
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch and collaborators provide the first evidence of this 'unicorn of the sea' using their tusks in the wild, revealing behaviors of this Arctic whale never seen before.