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September 18, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ researchers used 12 years of underwater audio to study red hind groupers, whose sounds reveal courtship, mating and territorial behavior - offering key clues to ocean changes through sound.

September 04, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch researcher Amy Wright, Ph.D., has received the prestigious Norman R. Farnsworth ASP Research Achievement Award, the highest accolade presented by the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP).

August 29, 2025
For the first time, Â鶹ŮÀÉ-USF researchers have found direct genomic evidence of the Plague of Justinian in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the world's first recorded pandemic began nearly 1,500 years ago.

August 28, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch's landmark review reveals 40 years of change in pelagic sargassum - its growth, drivers and rising biomass across the North Atlantic, impacting the ocean's vital ecosystem.

August 01, 2025
Housed at Â鶹ŮÀÉ, the Florida Office of Ocean Economy was created to position the state as a global leader in ocean-linked industries and to build the foundation for a thriving ocean economy.

July 23, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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.

July 09, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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.

June 26, 2025
The grant awarded to Â鶹ŮÀÉ 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.

June 11, 2025
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch researchers found that Caulerpa prolifera has taken over seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon, reducing biodiversity, and recently raising concerns over rising numbers of sap-sucking sea slugs.

May 22, 2025
Several Â鶹ŮÀÉ faculty experts are available to discuss a range of hurricane-related topics such as preparedness, evacuation planning, storm impacts and post-disaster recovery.