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During BioBlitz—a high-energy nature scavenger hunt—students, 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.

The Invading Sea’s Florida Climate Survey also found that most Floridians – 54% – are worried about being able to afford and maintain homeowners insurance due to climate change.

In an unprecedented underwater encounter, a nurse shark equipped with a camera tag had a “shark’s eye view” of a great white shark off the coast of Boynton Beach. This stunning find has delighted marine biologists from...

During a Feb. 19 panel discussion on “Future-Proofing Our Coasts” at Florida Atlantic University as part of the Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series, experts outlined strategies for protecting shorelines, emphasizing...

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...

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...

Two-time Schmidt College of Science alumna Liz Dutra, B.S. ’11, M.S. ’15, actively communicates her scientific knowledge to the public to inspire a shared commitment to conservation.

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...

The vaquita, which means “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s 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...

While microplastics are rapidly becoming a major issue, Schmidt College of Science faculty and students are working to understand their abundance and distribution across South Florida’s coastlines – both important steps...