BioOne is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the BioOne Ambassador Award. Now in its eighth year, this prestigious award celebrates the next generation of excellence in science communication. Recipients are exceptional early-career researchers within the BioOne community who are accelerating the dissemination of their work to a broader audience and fostering public understanding and appreciation of science.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem proudly congratulates Dr. Uria Alcolombri on being named one of the 19 Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 National Champions – and the only Israeli scientist to receive this honor in this year’s prestigious global competition.

A new study from the University of Oxford has revealed that an incentive programme increased live releases of endangered species caught as bycatch. However, unexpectedly, the overall positive impact was reduced by some vessels increasing catches of these species. The study is the world’s first randomised controlled trial to conclusively assess the effectiveness of an incentive-based marine conservation programme, with the findings published today (23 April) in the journal Science Advances.

Researchers from Syracuse University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette discovered tiny features on sculpins’ fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change and Environmental Sciences goes in this seventeenth edition to Camille Parmesan (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France; University of Texas, United States; and University of Plymouth, United Kingdom) for her pioneering studies showing that “wild species shift their geographical ranges in response to climate change,” said the committee in its citation.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) highlighted its latest advancements in defense technology at the Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition, held April 7-9, 2025, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. As the premier maritime exposition in the United States, Sea-Air-Space provided an ideal platform for NRL to demonstrate its innovative contributions to national defense.

Scientists have created a method capable of driving a ferry over a predetermined route relying solely on air motors.