Highlights

Thursday, 29 July 2021

Marine Science News 2nd Quarter Edition is out

Marine Science News is the newsletter of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Click on the image below to view the newsletter 2nd Quarter Edition of 2021.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Sea Turtle Release

This past Saturday, 10 sea turtles (4 Kemp's Ridleys, 5 green, 1 loggerhead) were released back into the wild.  The Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute housed and recuperated the turtles that were brought in for...

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Teachers on the Estuary Workshop

The Mission-Aransas Reserve will be hosting a FREE Teachers On The Estuary (TOTE) Workshop this summer for middle and high school teachers in the Coastal Bend Region: “Marine Plastic Pollution: current research and community environmental movements” on July 26-28, 2021 at...

Monday, 14 June 2021

New Nurdle Patrol App

Since the Nurdle Patrol Citizen Science Project was created in 2018, by the Mission-Aransas Reserve at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, the effort to record and track nurdles on beaches and bays have grown into a large network with...

Thursday, 06 May 2021

Five Marine Mom Facts You Didn’t Know

1. Deep sea octopus has the longest pregnancy. Researchers recently observed a deep-sea octopus mother brooding her eggs for 53 months – a whopping four and a half years. The octopus’s unique scars allow them to identify and then checked on...