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A team of professors and graduate students is leading projects to restore Florida’s seagrass meadows by providing innovative approaches that can be replicated in coastal ecosystems worldwide.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø Biologist Robert Fitak recently created a refined database of magnetic bacteria and the animals they may reside in to further study how these bacteria could guide migration patterns of animals such as sea turtles.

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As environmental impacts alters temperature and rainfall patterns in North America, researchers say more areas could experience conditions favorable to the disease known as amphibian Perkinsea.

In a new study led by 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, researchers discovered a suite of mutations in Florida panthers that originated from Texas and Central American pumas.

The goal is to help businesses recover from vulnerabilities and prepare for the potential of another pandemic.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers have discovered 116 new-to-science alleles, or gene variants, that could play a role in protecting sea turtles from a tumor-causing disease that limits mobility.

The findings could affect strategies to control the virus through community efforts and vaccines.

The disease fibropapillomatosis causes sea turtles to develop tumors on their bodies, which can limit their health and mobility.