Research into the smalltooth sawfish in Florida and The Bahamas is gradually revealing important information about this mysterious species. Perhaps the biggest question of all is whether marine national parks can provide sanctuaries in which its population can recover.

FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory scientist Jeroen Ingels and a team of researchers found that communities of microscopic organisms called meiofauna don’t change much when faced with both rising carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures. That’s in contrast to larger organisms, which have previously shown to be largely affected by changes in environment.

New research by a Florida State University scientist has examined how oil and other hydrocarbons in Antarctica affect miniature organisms called meiofauna that slip through the sediment widely unnoticed to the casual observer.

Listen to Dr. Felicia Coleman, Director FSU Coastal & Marine Lab as she talks with Brien Sorne about how science is incorporated in policies that affect the management and conservation of marine organisms and space.

Read about Dr. Dean Grubbs research as it relates to the Chesapeake Bay’s misguided war on the Cownose ray.

Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Dr. Dean Grubbs and his team have planned numerous research cruises to produce the largest survey of deepwater sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.

FSUCML Faculty, Dr. Sandra Brooke passionately describes her research on deep sea corals and why they need to be protected in a blog published by National Geographic, "Ancient Deep Sea Corals Need Protection From Modern Threats."

FSUCML Faculty, Dr. Sandra Brooke’s discovery of the first colony of Lophelia pertusa in the mid-Atlantic contributed to the White House decision to protect the region from drilling.