Shrimping season opened Monday off Louisiana and fishermen can't get over what they're now finding in their nets. Some say the coastline is under invasion. The giant invaders are valuable, ...

In 1996, President Bill Clinton commissioned the National Science and Technology Council to create an award celebrating emerging researchers in the fields of science and technology at the outset of ...

James Morris '09 PHD spends his time plotting defenses for invasions. No, he doesn't work for the Department for Homeland Security, and he's not in the military. Morris, who did ...

From June 19-23, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will lead a research cruise in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico ...

An invasive species is threatening to harm the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry. Biologists say there are more Asian tiger shrimp in the east than ever. Last ...

The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the increase ...

Underwater acoustics for mapping the water column Underwater acoustics (ie. fisheries sonars) uses sound to detect and map the presence of fish and other organisms in the water column. An ...

A new Boat Wake Model called "BoMo"forecasts boat wakes and their effect on erosion in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.For the first time, we used the prototype model to calculate the ...

During the week of April 2, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will present their first 5-year findings of their studies on shoreline erosion and military sustainability ...

I am a research ecologist at NOAA's Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort, North Carolina, but to my family, I'm simply a 'marine biologist.' I use underwater ...