Strategic Sex: Alaska's Beluga Whales Swap Mates for Survival
A new Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch study reveals a surprising strategy for long-term survival: Alaska's beluga whales mate with multiple partners over years, creating many half-siblings that preserve genetic diversity.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch Announces 2026 Ocean Science Lecture Series
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute announced the lineup for its annual "John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series."
Discovery to Display: Â鶹ŮÀÉ Unveils the 'Art of Science' Winners
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Art of Science showcases stunning research-inspired images submitted by students, faculty and staff. Explore more than 200 entries and vote for your favorite in the People's Choice Award.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's CAROSEL Offers New 'Spin' on Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch's CAROSEL is an autonomous underwater system that tracks nutrient exchanges between sediments and water in real time, revealing impacts on water quality and ecosystem health.
Nearly 70 Â鶹ŮÀÉ Faculty Named Among World's Top 2% of Scientists
Nearly 70 Â鶹ŮÀÉ faculty are ranked among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford-Elsevier, recognizing their global research impact across 22 fields and 174 subfields from engineering to humanities.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Queen Conch Lab Receives Prestigious International Award
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Harbor Branch researchers have received the 2025 Responsible Seafood Innovation Award in Aquaculture from the Global Seafood Alliance for its Queen Conch Lab's pioneering work in sustainable aquaculture.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Lands EPA Grant to Use Genetics in Florida Bay Sponge Restoration
Funded by the U.S. EPA, the project marks the first genetic assessment of sponge recovery in the region, with broad implications for ecosystem health and economically important species like the spiny lobster.
Decoding a Decade of Grouper Grunts Unlocks Spawning Secrets, Shifts
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.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ's Amy Wright, Ph.D., Honored for Marine Drug Discovery Research
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).
New Â鶹ŮÀÉ-USF Research Rewrites Origins of the World's First Pandemic
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.