University of Guam Professor of Ichthyology Terry Donaldson recently co-authored a paper on bioacoustic communication within the family Holocentridae, a group of marine fishes commonly known as squirrelfishes and soldierfishes. These fishes are known to communicate by sound production. The paper, “Sounds as taxonomic indicators in holocentrid fishes,” was a

Bastian Bentlage, associate professor of Bioinformatics at the UOG Marine Lab and one of the leads from UOG, speaks at the November town hall meeting, ‘Ocean Energy Systems to Power Guam Aquaculture.’ Bentlage states that UOG’d primary role in the project is to provide insights into site-specific considerations for evaluating

Above is an Elamena castanea, a false spider crab found in Guam during the first Bioblitz this year. Photo credit: Dr. Robert Lasley, PhD. Among over a thousand species that were found during the University of Guam’s first Bioblitz is the Elamena castanea, a type of false spider crab. While

Dr. Bastian Bentlage, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, assembles a coral research instrument developed by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. After a detour to Alabama following the 28th NSF EPSCoR National Conference in Nebraska, Bastian Bentlage, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, brought home a newly developed scientific instrument to aid

Research by Reilly Kleven at the University of Guam (UOG) has revealed the remarkable growth potential of branching Lithophyllum coralline algae, a vital component of Guam’s coral reefs. Kleven is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Guam National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) at UOG.

As part of the University of Guam’s first Bioblitz, an event focused on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a place over a set period, a team of international scientists engaged the island’s local community through a mini research symposium held on Friday, February 16, 2024. These