August 28, 2025

When Crowds Left, Reefs Came Alive at Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, a popular snorkeling destination that attracts nearly a million annual visitors, underwent a remarkable and rapid recovery when tourism ceased during the […]
August 19, 2025

New MMRP Study Reveals Humpbacks are the only Whales Capable of Bubble-Net Feeding

In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of baleen whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for […]
August 4, 2025

Diving Deep and Connecting Community: HIMB PhD Student Carlos Tramonte Explores American Samoa’s Hidden Reefs

By Maria Frostic For many, the vibrant world of coral reefs conjures images of sun-drenched shallows teeming with colorful fish. But beneath the surface, beyond recreational […]
June 9, 2025

New Humpback Whale Film Reveals Epic Journey, Urgent Science

UH News, first published on June 8, 2025 Breathtaking footage of humpback whales is part of a new 12-minute video released in partnership between the Marine […]
June 6, 2025

UH Supercomputer Study Shows Coral Can’t Flee Warming, But Urgent Action Can Still Protect Them

(Kāneʻohe, HI – June 6, 2025) – In a breakthrough study published today in Science Advances, researchers at UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Marine […]
April 29, 2025

HIMB Researcher Lisa McManus Awarded 2025 Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa C. McManus, a theoretical marine ecologist at UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), who was announced today as a 2025 […]
April 11, 2025

Kacie Kajihara Awarded 2025 Denise B. Evans Fellowship in Oceanographic Research

Kacie Kajihara, a first year PhD student in the Aquatic Microbial Ecology Lab at HawaiʻiInstitute of Marine Biology (HIMB), was announced as this year’s winner of […]
March 24, 2025

Shark Nursery Habitat Research Earns PhD Candidate Top International Award

UH News, first published March 20, 2025 Dani Bartz, a PhD candidate in the Marine Biology Graduate Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, earned the first place award for Best […]