Humpback whale mother-calf health assessed using drone tech
Research revealed significant energy demands on lactating mothers and environmental stressors on calf survival and reproduction.
Research revealed significant energy demands on lactating mothers and environmental stressors on calf survival and reproduction.
UH researchers uncovered the energy challenges pregnant humpback whales face during migration, especially in their final trimester.
These findings suggest that coral conservation in a changing world is possible—but urgent action is essential.
During the summer, the traveling students were housed at the CDF research station, where they conducted their research projects focused on island invasion biology.
The first bathygraph tag was deployed on a three-meter long blue shark in the Atlantic Ocean.
This critical finding could have wide-ranging implications from the fish we catch and eat to the overall health of our coral reefs.
The Office of the Provost has formally initiated the search for the next dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.
Researchers identified scenarios under which eight of the most common species of coral found in Hawaiʻi can adapt to and survive ocean warming and acidification.
Members of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel visited HIMB in September.
The project has completed the first concrete reef structure, and full production is now underway for 60 units.