Press Coverage

It’s not likely that a squirrel would be found – let alone survive – in the Rio Grande waterways or New Mexico, a land -locked state in the U.S. What i likely, however, is finding bobtails squids in various stages of their life cycle in tanks in the basement of Foster Hall in Michele Nichiguchi’s … Read more

Program gives undergrads keys to lab and future. LAS CRUCES -As a freshman at New Mexico State University, Norma Escobeda would normally have a limited opportunity to con­duct lab research in genetics, her area of interest. At most universities, grad­uate stu­dents are much more like­ly than under­graduates to spend time on EYE ON RESEARCH research projects. … Read more

A day’s drive from the New Mexico State University campus is a unique outdoor lab­oratory where the Sonoran Desert meets the Gulf of California and the tide changes are among the world’s most extreme. Read article.

Bobtail squids, sea creatures that inhabit shallow tropical waters around the world, have a unique way of eluding their predators on moonlit nights. Their undersides glow – just enough to match the moonlight and make them virtually invisi­ble to eels and big fish below. Read article.