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Finding the Goldilocks Zone for Fish at Oil Platforms
If you are an angler looking for the best place to fish in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil platforms offshore of Louisiana's Atchafalaya River are your best bet.
Bay Education Center is Fully Repaired and Reopened after Hurricane Harvey Damage
The Bay Education Center, operated by the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, a program of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, is reopening with new exhibits.
Climate-friendly Microbes Chomp Dead Plants Without Releasing Heat-trapping Methane
Scientists have identified an entirely new group of microbes quietly living in hot springs, geothermal systems and hydrothermal sediments around the world.
Texas Scientist
The Start of It All
Here’s how eukaryotes might have evolved from simpler life forms
Record Number of Turtles Rescued at University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Winter Storm Uri caused damage and hardship across the state of Texas, and at the Port Aransas campus of the University of Texas at Austin, the work to recover from it included rehabilitating a record number of sea turtles threatened by the cold weather.
Jessica O’Connell Connects Ecology Research with Local Conservation Efforts
Learn about Jessica O'Connell's decision to join UT Austin's Department of Marine Science and what her research focuses on.
Brett Baker Receives Simons Award
The faculty member who helped envision a changed the tree of life received the award.
Science Amid the Social Distance
A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with and the universe.
UT News
The Nurdle Patrol Wages War on Plastic Pellets, With Boost from Lawsuit Settlement
Plastic pollution has contaminated every continent on Earth, and some of the smallest plastic particles, called nurdles, are among the most insidious.
