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Seaweed-eating giant crabs could help save Florida coral reefs — and they’re lovingly named ‘The Reef Goats’
December 28, 2020, By Andy Corbley, Good News Network

Bridges help bring water into thirsty Everglades park
December 27, 2020, Report Door

Forensic investigators combing Nashville in wake of Christmas morning bombing
December 27, 2020, CBS News

Sharks, alligator, snakes and Headwaters Lake make 2020 outdoors news headlines
December 25, 2020, By Ed Killer, TCPalm

Azitra, Ginkgo to develop microbial mosquito repellent
December 22, 2020, By Melody M. Bomgardner, Chemical & Engineering News

Why the latest sunset happens before the solstice
December 21, 2020, By Cary Barbor, WGCU

Can synthetic biology make mosquito-borne diseases a thing of the past?
December 17, 2020, By John Cumbers, Forbes

FIU scientist working on bio-therapeutic repellent to ward off blood-sucking mosquitoes
December 17. 2020, By Hank Tester, CBS Miami

Some hope for sharks this holiday season
December 15, 2020, By Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes

AIBS selects winners of 2020 photo contest
December 15, 2020, AIBS

Shark River Slough: Bridges help bring water into thirsty Everglades park | Part 4 of special series
December 15, 2020, By Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel

Why everything eventually becomes a crab
December 14, 2020, By Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science

‘Reef goats’: Seaweed-loving giant crabs could help save corals in the Florida Keys
December 14, 2020, By Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald

From foster care to college grad: FIU student defies odds
December 11, 2020, By Ari Odzer, NBC 6 South Florida

Seaweed-munching crabs may help save coral reefs
December 10, 2020, By Carson McCullough, Courthouse News Service

New DIY contact tracing app is based on the science of memory
December 8, 2020, By Jacqueline R. Evans, Christian Meissner, Deborah Goldfarb and Ian Jason Lee, Scientific American

Episode 1: A River Runs Dry
December 7, 2020, By Amy Green, WMFE

This DIY contact tracing app helps people exposed to COVID-19 remember who they met
December 4, 2020, By Jacqueline R. Evans, Christian Meissner, Deborah Goldfarb and Ian Jason Lee, The Conversation

Shark fin smugglers worldwide finally being stopped by FIU researchers’ DNA toolkit
December 3, 2020, By Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers

FIU will employ high-tech computer modeling to track Biscayne Bay’s pollution problems
December 2, 2020, By Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald

Digital math games and apps: what works and what doesn’t?
December 1, 2020, By Sarah Schwartz

Atlanta woman overcomes house fire and pandemic to launch small business
November 27, 2020, By Janice Yu, FOX 5 Atlanta

Hurricane season may not end on time. That’s not the only problem.
November 25, 2020, By Josh Fiallo, Tampa Bay Times

Swordfish leaves its “sword” stuck in thresher shark
November 24, 2020, By Nena Serrano, Who Knew News

The lemon shark is a (relatively) friendly shark
November 23, 2020, By Katie Carman, HowStuffWorks

Seagrass: Another vital carbon-sequestering ecosystem threatened by climate change
November 23, 2020, By Melissa Gaskill, The Revelator

Whodunit solved when ‘sword’ is found embedded in thresher shark
November 18, 2020, By Laura Geggel, Live Science

‘I’ve never seen anything like that.’ The reasons why Eta flooded South Florida so badly
November 12, 2020, By Alex Harris and Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald

Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs
November 12, 2020, By Ashleigh Papp, Mongabay

Rising sea levels play a role in South Florida flooding after Tropical Storm Eta
November 10, 2020, By Christina Vazquez, Local 10

Florida Board of Governors discusses student’s mental health
November 6, 2020, By Mari Acosta and Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz, WUFT

DIY contact tracing helps stymie COVID-19 spread
November 3, 2020, By HospiMedica International Staff Writers, HospiMedica

Can rewilding large predators regenerate ecosystems?
November 1, 2020, By Katarina Zimmer, The Scientist

How blow flies compete (or not) for decomposition duties 
October 27, 2020, By Ed Ricciuti, Entomology Today

Scientific Detective Work: Tracking shark fins around the world
October 21, 2020, By Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes

FIU psychologists made a tool to help COVID-19 patients remember who they contacted
October 21, 2020, By Betsy Foresman, EdScoop

The promise and disappointment of free college
October 21, 2020, By Madeline St. Amour, Inside Higher Ed

FIU researchers create do-it-yourself contact tracing tool
October 21, 2020, By Wendi Grossman, WIOD

Miami’s ‘hard to see’ future besets attempts to outrun the sea
October 19, 2020, By James Packard, Newsy

5 super latino habits you may not realize you are imposing on your children
October 17, 2020, By Madelaine D., Latin Post

6 actionable strategies to support SEL skills
October 14, 2020, By Michele Israel, eSchool News

Kick open the closet door on coming out day
October 7, 2020, By John McDonald, South Florida Gay News

Grandma & retired professor logs thousands of hours for global reef study
October 6, 2020, By Karaline Cohen, WSYX ABC 6

Another fish kill on Biscayne Bay: Big trouble from Little River
October 4, 2020, By Louis Aguirre and Michelle Solomon, WPLG Local 10

Why do we dig holes at the beach? Here is some science and local stories from the beach
October 1, 2020, By Jim Thompson, Northwest Florida Daily News

Biden and Trump offer Latino voters different visions of America — and of each other
September 29, 2020, By Melissa Gomez, Vanessa Martinez and Rahul Mukherjee, LA Times

Corals weakened by nutrient-laden water can’t fight climate change, study says
September 29, 2020, By Jessica Meszaros, WJCT

Healthy corals in Biscayne Bay surprised scientists. They may help reefs survive.
September 29, 2020, By Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald

New book presents two different stories that will teach children valuable lessons
September 28, 2020, By Community News Releases, Community Newspapers

Blind since birth, she’s teaching visually impaired people how to use technology
September 25, 2020, By Christina Mayo, Miami Herald

Mom’s frantic 911 call released after Florida shark attacks
September 23, 2020, Good Morning America

Leaders hold virtual town hall discussing ways to save Biscayne Bay
September 22, 2020, By Louis Aguirre, WPLG Local 10

The importance of fighting digital fatigue
September 21, 2020, By Brea Jones, Artburst

Proposed Miami-Dade property buyouts come to unexpected places
September 21, 2020, By Daniel Rivero, WLRN

The quiet demise of Florida’s room
September 15, 2020, By Eric Barton, Flamingo

How the pandemic is upending pre-k
September 14, 2020, By Bianca Quilantan, Politico

How Biscayne Bay reached its ‘tipping point’
September 8, 2020, By Andrew Quintana, NBC Miami

Shark breakthrough: Bombshell find rewrites understanding of attacks
September 7, 2020, By Clive Hammond, Express

Scientists provide needed attention to Biscayne Bay after fish kill and algal blooms
September 3, 2020, By Angari Media, Angari Foundation Inc.

Climate change is pushing people and wildlife to new habitats
September 3, 2020, By Janette Neuwahl Tannen and Robert C. Jones Jr., News@TheU

REPLAY: ‘Saving Biscayne Bay’ special Q&A with Louis Aguirre and FIU experts
September 2, 2020, WPLG Local 10

Saving Biscayne Bay: Miami-Dade needs summer fertilizer ban, scientists say
September 2, 2020, By Louis Aguirre and Andrea Torres, WPLG Local 10

Saving Biscayne Bay: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks have to go, scientist says
September 1, 2020, By Louis Aguirre and Andrea Torres, WPLG Local 10

‘Like Groundhog day’: New report has same old findings on how to save Biscayne Bay 
August 31, 2020, By Adriana Brasileiro and Alex Harris, Miami Herald

Virtual programs offered through FIU this school year
August 31, 2020, By Jim McCarthy, Keys Weekly

Evidence-backed ways parents can think like a teacher to improve virtual learning
August 25, 2020, By Gail Cornwall, Good Housekeeping

Two hurricanes in Gulf at same time? Could it be a battle between Laura and Marco?
August 21, 2020, By Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post

Corps should include nature-based and equitable solutions to flooding Miami | Opinion
August 14, 2020, By Steven Koller and Nadia Seeteram, Miami Herald

3 surprising shark superpowers
August 11, 2020, By Todd Covelli and Segun Oduolowu, The List TV

Adolescent disruptive behavior disorders linked to brain’s anticipation of reward
August 7, 2020, By Joe Graminga, Healio News

Abuse from Afar
August 2, 2020, By Asia Eaton, Psychology Today