Marine Sciences & One Health

Their names are Alicia, Rita and Ike. There’s even one known by the number 1900. These and other hurricanes have killed thousands of people, destroyed scores of buildings and wreaked havoc on Texas and the nation.

For the past several years beachgoers along the upper Texas coast have found their beautiful sandy beaches cluttered with ugly, stinky seaweed. The good news is that Texas A&M University at Galveston researchers who study our beaches and shores are getting help from those who study space.

From the Yucatan Times Scientific teams from Texas A&M University at Galveston and the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City are working jointly to explore and investigate the Ox Bel Ha System, the world’s longest underwater cave, which extends across 150 miles in very remote areas away from tourists.

Texas A&M University at Galveston will host a Memorial Service to honor Dr. Sammy Ray, world-renowned marine biologist and one of the founders of the university, who died on Monday, Oct. 13.

Dr. Sammy Ray, a world-renowned marine biologist and one of the founders of Texas A&M University at Galveston, died here earlier today at age 94.

Without them, the United States would not have won WWII, explored space or become a world leader. Those who led the nation in such endeavors are scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.

The Marine Science Department at Texas A&M University at Galveston is entering a new phase of ocean exploration.

Cave diver Thomas Iliffe and professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University at Galveston received an academic appointment as a research associate of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.

Dr. Bernd G. Würsig is among six Texas A&M Faculty members who have been appointed the title University Distinguished Professors, effective Sept. 1, 2013. The title is among the highest honors awarded to Texas A&M faculty members.

A Texas A&M University at Galveston professor is part of a diving team that descended 462 feet in a West Texas cave, believed to be the deepest underwater cave in the United States.