Whale reproduction: It’s all in the hips
New study turns a long-accepted evolutionary assumption on its head, finding that whale pelvic bones play a key role in mating.
The islands are her oyster
Alumna enjoys idyllic life as a pearl biologist in the middle of the Pacific.
USC team explores how marine organisms ‘make a living’
Biologists explore how a species of organisms acquires nutrition, which could lead to a better understanding of harmful algal blooms.
Kelp watch monitors radioactive contaminants from Fukushima disaster
USC Wrigley Institute and USC Sea Grant lead an effort to examine long-term effects of Japan’s radiation leaks on California’s coastal waters.
Red Sea research beckons USC team
Microbiologist Douglas Capone leads an ecology study that aims to develop ties with a Saudi Arabian university.
Capone to receive award for biosciences research
The scientist’s work has influenced studies on the interaction between nitrogen and the global carbon cycle.
Island treasures
“The cornerstone of the USC Wrigley Institute’s mission is to advance fundamental knowledge of our ocean, our Earth and her systems,” said Roberta Marinelli, executive director of the USC Wrigley Institute.
New USC scientists cover climate change and clean energy
Naomi Levine and Smaranda Marinescu are two recent faculty additions in the sciences made by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Octopus got your tongue?
The project will compare the movement of the tongue to the movements of the arms of the octopus and the body of a very small and thoroughly studied worm.
Expedition to explore life in extreme habitats
A team of 18 researchers will spend their holiday season at sea, using underwater robots to explore the extreme habitats of life under the sea crust.
Newly discovered bacterial partnership changes ocean chemistry
In a discovery that further demonstrates just how unexpected and unusual nature can be, scientists have found two strains of bacteria whose symbiotic relationship is unlike anything seen before.
Under water, not over his head
A USC Dornsife undergraduate is in Panama on a summer field research internship at the Bocas del Toro Research Station, part of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Greenhouse gas likely altering ocean food chain
Climate change may be weeding out the bacteria that form the base of the ocean’s food chain, selecting certain strains for survival, according to a new USC study.