Richard Conn
Richard Conn is a writing coordinator for the University of West Florida's Center for Research and Economic Opportunity.
UWF to offer new course on marketing Lionfish as food
Beginning this spring, the University of West Florida College of Business will offer a new course that will delve into the potential to market...
UWF research shows invasive lionfish are moving into local estuaries
Lionfish have long been a prodigious threat to native species in the Gulf of Mexico, taking a big bite out of the region’s vital...
Archaeologists discuss discovery of 16th century Luna settlement in Pensacola
A standing-room only crowd turned out this month to hear details and view artifacts from both the shipwrecks and land settlement associated with the...
Levels of toxic DDT in Escambia Bay, River cause concern
The pesticide DDT has been found in sediment samples from the Escambia River and its adjacent wetlands, a post-doctoral research associate at the University...
Researchers hunting underwater artifacts from Spanish fleet
An image appears that catches the attention of Dr. Greg Cook, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of West Florida, as he...
Pensacola scientist to be featured on ‘Shark Week’
Dr. Toby Daly-Engel, an assistant professor of biology at the University of West Florida, will be featured as part of the Discovery Channel’s “Shark...
Pensacola “giant dead zone” for sharks
A crew of University of West Florida graduate students cast and set a gill net off a fishing boat in Pensacola Bay, hoping to...
National Seashore hosts first-ever biodiversity festival
Fish, bugs, birds, plants and more were on display — and surrounded — the participants of last week's BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival at the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Citizen...
UWF Professor Using DNA Testing to Look for Rare Sturgeon
Trying to find an Alabama sturgeon has been akin to searching for the proverbial “needle in a haystack,” according to Dr. Alexis Janosik, an...
Search continues for Pensacola’s lost colonial-era settlement
While stories fill history books about immigrants who came to Colonial America and thrived, not as much is known about those who didn’t succeed.
Through...
