FAU's Queen Conch Lab Receives Prestigious International Award
FAU 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.
FAU Lands EPA Grant to Use Genetics in Ï㽶´«Ã½ 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
FAU 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.
FAU's Amy Wright, Ph.D., Honored for Marine Drug Discovery Research
FAU 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 FAU-USF Research Rewrites Origins of the World's First Pandemic
For the first time, FAU-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.
FAU Tells 'Story' of Atlantic's Sargassum Surge Using 40 Years of Data
FAU 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.
FAU Publishes Initial Annual Report: Ï㽶´«Ã½ Office of Ocean Economy
Housed at FAU, the Ï㽶´«Ã½ 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.
Spying on Stingrays: First-ever Tags Show Elusive Behaviors, Habitats
FAU 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.
FAU Receives $1M Grant to Study Gulf's Mesophotic Coral Habitats
FAU Harbor Branch researchers and collaborators will study how ocean currents and river nutrients affect deep coral ecosystems on the West Ï㽶´«Ã½ Shelf - one of the gulf's largest and least-studied habitats.
Chef José Andrés' Longer Tables Fund Will Expand FAU Queen Conch Lab
The grant awarded to FAU 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.