During the summer, the traveling students were housed at the CDF research station, where they conducted their research projects focused on island invasion biology.
Nicole Hynson was selected as a new Underground Explorer, supporting her research on the subterranean fungal network in Native Hawaiian dryland forests.
Researchers found that rat lungworm larvae (worms that are infectious to humans and other animals) are present in snail slime when the snails are exposed to stress.