2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (278+ words) By Gisele Galoustian, FAU News Desk Studying these tiny features has long been a challenge. Traditional methods are slow and often miss subtle structural changes. Researchers combined micro-CT imaging with deep learning-based image segmentation, using convolutional neural networks (CNNs), a…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (679+ words) By Diana Udel, University of Miami News A new study, published in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, shows that electronically tagged sharks can serve as mobile sensors, collecting ocean climate data in regions that are difficult to observe…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (408+ words) By Gisele Galoustian, FAU News Desk Each winter, thousands of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) migrate to the clear, shallow waters off South Florida, where they are easily spotted from the air " a movement that coincides with seasonal beach nourishment projects....

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (578+ words) I couldn't help but wonder if that gifted guide led me to these birds, and this place. One day, I stumbled upon what felt like a secret treasure: Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach. The nature preserve includes 100 acres of…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago  (1180+ words) Migration: Many animal species do it " from tiny zooplankton to enormous whales " moving over every continent and through all oceans, from north to south, south to north, Europe to Asia, and Asia to Africa. This movement by individual animals in…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago  (690+ words) By Eve Bohnett, University of Florida Florida is home to a host of diverse wildlife you can't find anywhere else. Most people know of manatees and Florida panthers. But you might never have heard of the Big Cypress fox squirrel,…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (449+ words) By Sol Moyano, The Invading Sea" As climate change threatens corals, researchers are developing autonomous robots to monitor the restoration of reefs in Southeast Florida." Coral reefs in Florida and worldwide have been devastated by coral bleaching, ocean acidification and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (563+ words) As winters are warming up, invasive fish species such as the Mayan cichlid are surviving year-round and expanding into new waterways, disrupting their ecosystems. This trend is not only being accelerated due to climate change but also by canal systems…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (741+ words) By Fran'ois Leroy, The Ohio State University Since the 1970s, the U. S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing " they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities are…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (314+ words) Vehicle collisions kill endangered Florida panthers and other forms of wildlife and cost the nation billions annually. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported four panther deaths on state roads so far this year. Last year, 18 panthers died " all…...