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FIU researchers found hurricanes have steadily been producing more rain over the last 20 years — a sign that storms can generate far more severe impacts in hurricane-prone areas like Florida.

Heather Bracken-Grissom and a team of researchers received a $1.35 million grant to study the secrets of vent shrimp, believed to be eyeless and blind.

Shark fins and meat from hammerhead sharks pose a health risk to consumers — especially women of childbearing age — and should not be sold because of their dangerously high levels of toxic mercury.

A half-blind shark that is typically thought to live in freezing Arctic waters, scavenge on polar bear carcasses and survive for hundreds of years, recently turned up in Belize.

Scientists track and monitor the global shark fin trade to protect living sharks.

Introductory science classes typically require students to memorize facts, rather than teaching them the basis of scientific thinking.