Marine Biology
More Awards for Texas A&M-Galveston Faculty
The Department of Marine Biology's Dr. Anna Armitage and the Department of Maritime Business Administration's Dr. Cassia Bomer Galvao are celebrating after being named distinguished award winners. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston’s Dr. David Wells Named 2020 EDGES Fellow
Texas A&M University at Galveston is excited to announce our very own Associate Professor Dr. David Wells ’02 of the Department of Marine Biology has been named a 2020 Chancellor Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellow. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston Faculty Member Part of Group Launching Whale Monitoring Tool Designed to Prevent Vessel Collisions
A groundbreaking new online tool called Whale Safe has been created by marine scientists and top whale researchers from across the country, including Texas A&M University at Galveston’s Dr. Ana Širović. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston to Open On-Campus Sea Turtle Hospital
Texas A&M University at Galveston’s Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research (GCSTR) plans to open a short-term sea turtle hospital on campus later this fall. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston Ph.D. Student Named NOAA Flower Garden Banks 2020 Volunteer of the Year
When he’s not working toward his Ph.D. in Marine Biology, Fernando Calderón ‘21 is volunteering his time at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and was recently awarded the prestigious 2020 Volunteer of the Year award by NOAA for his service to the environment. Read More
A Sea of Possibilities: Texas A&M-Galveston Professor’s Promotion Represents Dreams Achieved
The animals Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta studies might not have hearts or brains, but she has plenty of both. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston Celebrates Largest-Ever Cohort of Doctoral Grads
Lionfish, fireworms, bull sharks and salt marshes don’t seem to have much in common other than they play big roles in marine and coastal ecosystems and are the subjects of the dissertations of Texas A&M University at Galveston’s largest-ever class of doctoral students graduating August 8, 2020. Read More
Proposed Funding Cuts Spell Trouble for Texas Sea Turtles
As the National Park Service looks to cut $300,000 in funding previously earmarked for sea turtle conservation work, Dr. Christopher Marshall is left simply wondering why. Read More
Texas Primed to be Pearl in New Oyster Farming Industry Say Texas A&M-Galveston Experts
Whether you love them or hate them, you can’t deny that oysters are a staple in the Gulf Coast diet. Read More
Texas A&M-Galveston Shark Study Aims to Help Anglers Avoid Accidental Animal Death
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, goes the old adage. But even more important is the experience level of the fisher — the better the fisher, the better the chance the shark on the other end of the line will live to swim another day. Read More