Kapiʻolani CC STEM student’s research garners national recognition
Kapiʻolani CC’s Melanie Keliʻipuleole’s research on marine invertebrates recognized by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
New species discovered beneath ocean crust
UH Mānoa researchers discover new microbes that may play an important role in the global carbon cycle.
Study reveals tiger shark movements around Maui and Oʻahu
UH Mānoa researchers track tiger shark movements in coastal waters around Maui and Oʻahu
BOFFFFs–big, old, fat, fertile, female fish–sustain fisheries
A study co-authored by UH Mānoa’s Mark Hixon suggests that large female fish are essential for replenishing fishery stocks.
Health of coral reefs focus of lecture by Ruth Gates
Ruth Gates, a UH Mānoa researcher, presents “The Wonderful World of Corals: Harnessing Basic Science to Address an Ecological Crisis.”
Importance of jellyfish falls to deep-sea ecosystem revealed
New research reveals that jellyfish blooms could provide far-reaching, potentially important, food supplements to normal deep-sea food webs.
Jellyfish research featured in Florida schools
The educational video, The Science of the Sting, features Angel Yanagihara’s research program on the box jelly and a discussion of her experience as a research scientist.
Researchers tag more tiger sharks to track online
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology completes second phase of a project to observe sharks around the island of Maui.
Research team tags tiger sharks off Maui
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology researchers Carl Meyer and Kim Holland catches, tags and releases 15 tiger sharks off Maui for shark tracking project.
Study links box jellyfish abundance and environmental variability
UH Mānoa researchers publish an analysis of 14 years of monthly jellyfish collection data in PLOS ONE.
