Scientists find algae in deep water corals and rethink coral taxonomy while colleagues work to preserve coral species.

College of Pharmacy research looks at marine compounds as potential new anti-cancer drugs.

New facility will support microbial oceanography research on essential marine bacteria and viruses.

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Isabella Abbott has discovered and named over 200 algae.

Meet Isabella Aiona Abbott

Ocean thermal energy conversion technology is most efficient in cooler leeward waters.

Scientists have long speculated on the evolutionary advantage of a hammerhead shark’s widespread eyes. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa zoologist Timothy Tricas and two Florida Atlantic University colleagues developed a vision test to find out.

The Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education program, in partnership with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaiʻi (B.E.A.C.H.), hosts a series of lectures about the pervasive problem of marine debris.

What if tiny ocean organisms could whisk away excess greenhouse gasses? It’s a big idea to deal with a big problem, which is why Discovery Channel included a University of Hawaiʻi research cruise in the inaugural lineup of its new series, Discovery Project Earth.