Daly-Engel, who researches the evolution of shark reproductive strategies, was interviewed by the Discovery Channel and is expected be part of the online content that accompanies its popular week of shark-centered television programming.
The team’s research is part of the Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery project.
Students were among those leading teams of citizen scientists that surveyed plants and animals at the first Gulf Islands BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival.
Schmutz studies geomorphology, and he and his students survey the beach and dune systems to measure how they change over time.
A recently published study shows that areas of coral reef undisturbed by human activity or climate change tend to contain the most genetic diversity, providing important insight into the best ways to monitor and preserve coral reef biodiversity.
Trying to find an Alabama sturgeon has been akin to searching for the proverbial “needle in a haystack,” according to Dr. Alexis Janosik, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of West Florida.
While stories fill history books about immigrants who came to Colonial America and thrived, not as much is known about those who didn’t succeed.
The “Pensacola Maritime Heritage Trail” is the brainchild of Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook, chair of the Department of History at the University of West Florida, and Dr. Della Scott-Ireton, associate director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network.
As with all chronic diseases, an important aspect of diabetes treatment involves maintaining the necessary comprehensive prevention and management programs to control the disease.
University of West Florida sophomore Hannah Findley has a love for all things marine. The biochemistry major grew up playing in the rivers and lakes of North Georgia.
More than 180 exhibits representing the gamut of research were on display Thursday at the University of West Florida Student Scholars Symposium.
A University of West Florida junior will travel to California for the 21st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition to present about Quantum dots.
