Highlights

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Professor Ken Dunton featured in painting selected by U.S. State Department

Artist Bob Selby captures the collaboration of ecologists and the U.S. Coast Guard in the pursuit of knowledge in the vast Arctic Ocean. The painting “Chukchi Reach” received the 2014 George Gray Award and it is on view at the residence...

Tuesday, 08 December 2015

Annual Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party

There was a wide variety of art from very talented UTMSI staff and friends. Credit: Liz DeHart, UTMSI. Dr. Steve Lanoux, Assistant Director Operations, (left) received the 2015 Environmental Hero Award. Presented by Jace Tunnell, Mission-Aransas Reserve Director, and Katie Swanson,...

Monday, 07 December 2015

Tony Amos awarded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2014 Recovery Champion

Tony Amos is the Director of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, which promotes stewardship of our oceans by rescuing and releasing rehabilitated sea turtles and marine birds back to the wild. Credit: Theta Kenney,...

Monday, 07 December 2015

Read About Our Latest Activities

The fourth quarter edition of Marine Science News 2015 is out. Check out the newsletter for our latest activities (September through November). Happy Holidays! Download the PDF version.   

Thursday, 03 December 2015

In Search of Spawning Aggregations in the Sea of Cortez

Story courtesy of Dr. Andrew Johnson, The Gulf of California Marine Program at SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography (SIO) University of California San DiegoAndrew Johnson, Alfredo Barroso, Brad Erisman, David Ivan Castro and Timothy Rowell pose for a photo following a long reef dive....