YouTube video by Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant

University of South Alabama researchers are finding a new way to protect oysters against predators: with their urine.

Climate change is causing rapid, unexpected changes to ecosystems through alteration to environmental regimes, modification of species interactions, and increased frequency and magnitude of disturban...

The first hummingbird species to nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador.

In April 2022, mass stranding of weedy (common) seadragons occurred, with a total of over 200 individuals washed ashore on beaches in the Sydney, Australia region, recorded by citizens. Causes of the...

Imagine an infectious disease that turns you into an immobile white statue - while that sounds like something out of a dystopian science fic...

A bird might look and act outwardly healthy – but on the inside, ingested plastics are slowly wreaking havoc.

Public Health Workers have been silent defenders of our state, our country, and the world. CDC workers have fought back against pandemics, warded off diseases, and kept people safe from things we coul...

YouTube video by Marine Biological Laboratory

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

Federal grants are vital to some specific research projects, education programs and jobs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Scientific Reports - Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries

Researchers in Alabama are trying to toughen up baby oysters so they can better withstand predators. It's all part of an effort to restore oyster reefs around the world.

These funds not only support science but provide jobs for many people who support research efforts that in turn go back into our economy.