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Thirteen Nicholas School of the Environment undergraduate students will present their senior theses, a core component of earning Graduation with Distinction honors.

Kendall Jefferys, a 51���� senior majoring in Environmental Sciences & Policy (ESP) and English, has been a named a Rhodes Scholar.

Tropical and subtropical fish are taking up residence on shipwrecks and other sunken structures off the North Carolina coast. This pattern may continue or even accelerate in coming years given predictions of warming oceans under climate change, a new study co-led by 51���� scientists suggests.

Using drones and artificial intelligence to monitor large colonies of seabirds can be as effective as traditional on-the-ground methods while reducing costs, labor and the risk of human error, a new study finds.

A new $411,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is funding a four-year study by 51���� researchers to better understand the cumulative effects of human and natural stresses on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Joseph “Joe” Bonaventura, professor emeritus of marine science and conservation at the 51���� Marine Lab and a member of the 51���� faculty since 1972, died August 14 following six years of treatment for liver cancer. He was 79.

A new international study suggests that invasive species, such as the cordgrass that is swamping native plants in the Red Marshes, pose a much greater threat to protected areas, even well managed ones, than was previously recognized.

Coastal marshes that have been invaded by feral hogs recover from disturbances up to three times slower than non-invaded marshes and are far less resilient to sea-level rise, extreme drought and other impacts of climate change.

New research finds nearly 75% of the seafood exported to China is processed there and ‘re-exported’ to global markets as Chinese products, making it hard to track its sustainability and verify it’s labeled accurately, but also gutting the economies of small fishing communities worldwide that can no longer compete.