Highlights
Retracing the Steps of Southern Flounder
If you are interested in learning more about Southern Flounder and where they go throughout their lives, check out the feature article in the Coastal Conservation Association TIDE Magazine. The article was written by Megan K. Nims, who recently completed her...
Summer programs at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute put sea life at youngsters’ fingertips
UTMSI's educational programs are the lead feature in this month's Texas Co-op Power magazine. Check it out http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/nature-outdoors/immersed-in-learning About Texas Co-op Power: Bringing Texas Home Since 1944In 1944, the first issue of Texas Co-op Power magazine rolled off the presses. The...
New research begins to understand how Weddell seals navigate under Antarctic ice
PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Weddell seals routinely dive for 20 minutes at a time and travel up to a mile from where they started before returning to their breathing hole in the ice covered waters of Antarctica. How they find that...
Global Status Report on Fish Spawning Aggregations Just Released: Suggests Widespread Declines
At the recent International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) meeting in Okinawa, Japan, Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations (SCRFA) and the ICRI Ad Hoc Committee of Reef Associated Fisheries launched the most up to date information with a report on how...
Community Leaders Meet to Discuss Resiliency
Local elected officials and planners met on December 11th at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to discuss resiliency needs and tools for planning in your area. The forum was hosted by the Texas General Land Office and the Mission-Aransas...
Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party Raises Awareness of Marine Debris
Last week UTMSI staff, students and friends celebrated the holidays in their 4th Annual Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party. The art theme this year was marine debris and the UTMSI Green Team sponsored an art contest. There were over 11...
UTMSI's Bryan Black Leads International Workshop
From otolith archives to networks of biochronologiesWorkshop held to study growth-increment chronologies in marine fishAt its meeting last week, the first Workshop on Growth-increment Chronologies in Marine Fish: climate-ecosystem interactions in the North Atlantic (WKGIC) identified several otolith archives that could...
Scientist-in-Residence Program helps host Port Aransas Science Fair
The Port Aransas Science Fair occurred November 19th and was a culmination of six weeks of research and experimentation by 4th and 5th graders of the Port Aransas Independent School District. The University of Texas Marine Science Institute Scientist-in-Residence graduate students...
Peter Thomas Talks About His Groundbreaking Work on Steroid Hormones and Cancer
Peter Thomas Talks About His Groundbreaking Work on Steroid Hormones and Cancer: hormones, new hormone receptors, and why discoveries in fish are receiving attention in cancer researchIn the fight against cancer there is an unlikely hero: a small coastal fish, the...
University of Texas Marine Science Institute Leads in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Research
Port Aransas, Texas – A University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) led consortium of seven institutions was awarded $9.2 million on November 14th to continue research on the impact of oil spills and dispersants on the Gulf of Mexico and...
Research Experience for Undergraduates - Accepting Applications
Do you know an undergraduate interested in marine science? UTMSI is now accepting applications for 8 paid research fellowships for the summer of 2015. Students get the opportunity to conduct independent research projects among mentors and peers. REUisME is a summer research program...
UTMSI Scientists Lead the Way in Oil Spill Research
The award announcement is out for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiatives: http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/gulf-mexico-research-initiative-awards-140-million-support-research/A big congratulations to UTMSI's Ed Buskey, Zhanfei Liu, Deana Erdner, Brad Gemmell, Tracy Villareal, and Andrew Espaugh whose work will be funded to investigate the effect of oil spills on...
2014 Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting Deemed A Success
PORT ARANSAS, Texas – On October 30-31, 2014, the University of Texas Marine Science Institute hosted a biennial meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research Society. Researchers and students traveled from across the Gulf of Mexico to share their discoveries and share...
Citizen Science in Action: Scientists and volunteers measure movements of the big and the small
PORT ARANSAS, Texas - The Texas State Aquarium is investing in research at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) to help understand the movements and migrations of both Atlantic tarpon and larval blue crabs. Both of these animals are...
Semester-by-the-Sea Students Rake in the Awards
Congratulations Sara Garcia and Andrew Kang! Sara and Andrew were Semester-by-the-Sea students last spring at UTMSI. Sara just won first place by the North American Marine Environmental Protection Association (NAMEPA) and third place by the American Salvage Association Education Committee in...
Photo Journal through the Icy Antarctic
Dr. Lee Fuiman takes a voyage to the icy Antarctic. His mission: Understand how Weddell seals navigate under Antarctic ice. Follow us on Facebook to track his journey.
Why Nitrogen can be Noxious for a Lake’s Health
Scientists at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI), with collaborators from the Universities of North Carolina and Tennessee, just published a Letter to the journal Science telling readers why nitrogen inputs to lakes deserve more attention relative to Harmful...
Polar Vortex Turtles
Polar Vortex Turtles PORT ARANSAS, TX – Texas’s very own Tony Amos of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas will be featured this Saturday, October 11th at 9:00 am on ABC’s Sea Rescue “Polar Vortex Turtles” episode....
New Report Released on Estuarine Issues
A report has recently been released by the Our Global Estuary U.S. National Workshop Steering Committee that discusses estuaries worldwide and why they are critical ecosystems in need of attention. Estuaries are one of the world’s great gathering places: for fresh...The University of Texas
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