News: Marine Science
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Reading the Tea Leaves
Sometimes well known, simple household objects can be the best tools to use in a science experiment.
Nurdle Patrol Expands its Citizen Scientist Effort to Fight Plastic Pollution on Beaches
Plastic pollution in marine environments has no border, and now neither does the Nurdle Patrol.
Loss of Picky-Eating Fishes Threatens Coral Reef Food Webs
Delicate ecosystems become more precarious as specialized hunters disappear.
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...
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...
UT News
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...
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.
The College Welcomed New Faculty in 2020
See the new faces at the College of Natural Sciences.
