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News Release 16-107
NSF awards $18.9 million for research to transform our understanding of life on Earth
Topics range from coral reef sponge microbiomes to the evolution of snake venom
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A diverse community of marine sponges on a coral reef in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Credit: Deborah Gochfeld, University of Mississippi
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The Talamancan palm-pitviper, found in the highlands of the Talamancan Cordillera in Costa Rica.
Credit: Christopher Parkinson, University of Central Florida
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Melissa blue caterpillars in Idaho feed on alfalfa while being tended by beneficial ants.
Credit: Lauren Lucas, Utah State University
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Researchers at work on an evolutionary endocrinology project to track the timing of dormancy.
Credit: Alex Catalano, University of Florida
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Threespine stickleback fish that were captured in a spring-fed freshwater lake.
Credit: Janette Boughman
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Scientists are isolating fungi from the leaves of coffee plants.
Credit: Priscila Chaverri
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