Friday Harbor Labs-based scientist Adam Summers is working to scan and digitize every fish species on the planet!
Read more at UW Today »Acid attack — can mussels hang on for much longer?
New research indicates that future ocean conditions could make mussels easy targets for predators and impact the mussel farming industry.
Read more at UW Today »Adam Summers advises Pixar on fish movements in new ‘Finding Dory’ film
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences' Adam Summers, a fish biomechanist, lent his expertise on how animals swim and move around in the water for Pixar's new Finding Dory movie.
Read more at UW Today »First Salish Sea-wide shoreline armoring study shows cumulative effects on ecosystem
A new study from the College's Friday Harbor Labs shows that armored shorelines can scale up to have massive impacts on the sea life they support.
Read more at UW Today »UW video on clingfish takes top prize at Ocean 180 competition
Sometimes all it takes is artistic drive, a beneficial collaboration, and one charismatic critter to take home gold. A University of Washington team won first place in a science communication video contest that culminated during the recent Ocean Sciences Meeting. The entries were critiqued and evaluated beforehand by more than 37,000 middle-school student judges hailing from 1,600 classrooms in 17 different countries.
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