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SEEDS BioBlitz Event Brings Students, Citizen Scientists Together to Document Local Species
May 07, 2025
During BioBlitz鈥攁 high-energy nature scavenger hunt鈥斝影芍辈ゼ, 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 Sea鈥檚 Florida Climate Survey also found that most Floridians 鈥 54% 鈥 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 鈥渟hark鈥檚 eye view鈥 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 鈥淔uture-Proofing Our Coasts鈥 at Florida Atlantic University 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 Nation鈥檚 Most Elite Research Universities and Colleges
February 13, 2025
Florida Atlantic University 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...
Alumna Liz Dutra Combines Science and Community Action to Restore South Florida鈥檚 Ecosystems
January 31, 2025
Two-time Schmidt College of Science alumna Liz Dutra, B.S. 鈥11, M.S. 鈥15, actively communicates her scientific knowledge to the public to inspire a shared commitment to conservation.
Rich Roots: Fulbright Student Scholar Inspired by the Biodiversity of Costa Rica
January 23, 2025
Discover how graduate student Allison Centeno finds Mother Nature to be an endless source of curiosity, as well as how she's using satellite imagery to study how oceanographic conditions affect the foraging behavior and movement...
Digitizing Hope: Preserving a Species on the Brink of Extinction
January 21, 2025
The vaquita, which means 鈥渓ittle cow鈥 in Spanish, is the world鈥檚 smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They also have the smallest range of any marine mammal; about 1,500 square miles within the northern...
Marine Microplastic Pollution: How Science Faculty, Students Are Studying This Permeating Problem
January 13, 2025
While microplastics are rapidly becoming a major issue, Schmidt College of Science faculty and 杏吧直播间 are working to understand their abundance and distribution across South Florida鈥檚 coastlines 鈥 both important steps...