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Marine Biology

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Oysters

Meet PEARL, a Mobile Research Lab Studying Oysters and Their Habitats

November 4, 2025

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Clownfish

Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change

September 18, 2025

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Conservation

River Herring in Martha’s Vineyard Are Disappearing. A BU Marine Biologist Is Trying to Help Save Them

June 12, 2025

Marine Biology

Protecting Maine’s Coastal Heritage—and Her Own

June 10, 2025

Photo: A coral reef in the deep ocean

Deep Sea

See the First Detailed Illustration of an Ancient Deep-Sea Mountain

January 17, 2025

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

December 13, 2024

Photo: A picture of many polymetallic nodules, bumpy rocks, on the ocean floor

Marine Science

Oxygen Produced in the Deep Sea Raises Questions about Extraterrestrial Life

August 15, 2024

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Scientific Diving

Scuba Diving Safely for Marine Biology Research

July 9, 2024

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Clownfish

Clownfish: Studying their Complex Lives and Anemone Homes

February 9, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Photo: Group photo of Assistant Professor of Biology, Sarah Davies (center) and PhD student, Maria Valadex Ingersoll (CAS 23) and Dr Hannah Aichelman (right) (CAS 23). The three women pose in a lab as Davies holds up a sample of bleached coral and another sample of algae rests on the lab tables in front of Ingersoll.

Coral Reefs

For Coral Reefs, Temperature Is Everything—Is It Too Late to Save Them?

September 26, 2023

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STUDENT PROFILE

Introducing the Class of 2026: Natalia Sawicka

September 8, 2022

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Marine Biology

To Do Today: Space to Sea Photography Exhibition at the New England Aquarium

July 13, 2022

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Earth & Environment

As Climate Change Gets Worse, Science Provides Hope and Possibility

April 21, 2022

Image of BU Earth and environment researchers Catherine Mahoney, and Amanda Vieillard at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in Boston, Mass. The women crouch in the yellow grass and set up portable carbon sensors. The Boston City Skyline is seen behind them.

Blue Carbon

Empowering Citizen Scientists to Study and Protect Coastal Wetlands

March 3, 2022

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

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Marine Science

The Deep Ocean Reveals Surprising Discovery about Immunity

March 12, 2021

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Student Life

BU’s Marine Semester Marks 35th Anniversary

February 8, 2021

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White Sharks

White Sharks Are Here to Stay in New England

September 25, 2020

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

July 21, 2020

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In