A research project going on at Florida Tech involves teaching snakes — so that hopefully, they can teach us a thing or two. Michael Grace, an associate dean of the College of Science at Florida Tech and a professor of biological sciences, earned a three-year, $369,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his work on the mechanisms of infrared imaging in pit vipers, pythons and boas. ..
Read More ⇒Yang Wang is known for conducting complex research using highly sophisticated equipment. Yet the Florida State University geochemist also has spent days hiking through the remote outback of Tibet and camping in the foothills of the Himalayas — all in the name of scientific discovery. ..
Read More ⇒After living incognito for millions of years in a remote area of a forested mountain range in the Philippines, seven newfound species of mice owe their recent discovery to DNA evidence and the Florida State University biologist who deciphered it. ..
Read More ⇒The BP oil spill and the dispersants used to clean it up may be contributing to the unusually high number of dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a University of Central Florida scientist. ..
Read More ⇒Fish lice, which are actually crustaceans, use their mouths to attach to fish and feed on blood and bodily fluids, causing tissue damage, anemia and sometimes fatal wounds. ..
Read More ⇒The Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program (MMRC) at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce is working in collaboration with Associated Scientists at Woods Hole in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (ASWH), and the Marine Resources Council in Palm Bay, to enhance ongoing research, conservation and education efforts involving North Atlantic right whales during their annual migration to their wintering and calving grounds in northern Florida. ..
Read More ⇒Marine biologists have solved a conundrum that has stumped them for years—how to count reef fish. It may sound simple, but the task is actually complex and critical in helping to evaluate the state of our oceans, coral reefs, and the marine life that populate them. ..
Read More ⇒The study shows the trickle-down effect the loss of large mammals has on other species, and researchers say it is a lesson from the past that should be remembered when making conservation, game and land-use decisions today. ..
Read More ⇒One local scientist's research with underwater snails could make it easier to quit smoking. ..
Read More ⇒Native to South America, the ant had been contained there and in the southeastern U.S. before turning up in faraway places in the last 20 years — including California, China, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. ..
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