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About to embark on a study abroad adventure is Ellie Thomas, a Marine Biology undergraduate heading into her third year of study at the University of Washington. On 1 September, Ellie will be flying (and driving and boating) more than 5,000 miles away to Veli Lošinj, a small town on one of the western islands of Croatia, nestled in the Adriatic Sea.
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In his famous words, Oscar Wilde proposed that life imitates art, meaning that art can shape our understanding of life and inspire us to act in certain ways. So why not science too? Marjorie Wonham, Associate Teaching Professor in UW Marine Biology and SAFS, at Friday Harbor Labs, has published a new study in BioScience outlining the six reasons why integrating arts and sciences in higher education is an effort worth undertaking.
Read moreArmor for defense or mobility? Recent graduate investigates poacher fish armor at FHL
Bryan Lemus, a recent Marine Biology graduate from the University of Washington, worked with a team at Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) studying armored fishes. They study poacher fishes, which are small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes covered in dense armor from head to tail.
Read moreInterning at the New England Aquarium
In our latest student takeover, we were joined by UW Marine Biology student, Charly Cooper, who is interning during the summer of 2025 at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Find out more about her summer internship.
Read moreEye spy with my little drone: What did the MLEL lab spot along the Canadian coast?
It’s not only invertebrates that are seen along the rocky intertidal. Bella Andre, an undergraduate majoring in ESRM with a minor in Marine Biology, spent almost two weeks this summer with the Marine Landscape Ecology Lab. Where? Just over the border in British Columbia, Canada, conducting drone surveys of long term rocky intertidal study sites and measuring the physical environment around the sites. These surveys will support the lab’s continued understanding of how the habitat at these sites have changed over time.
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