Randall
Hughes
Associate Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Expertise
Randall Hughes in the Press
‘Chemical warfare’ may stop Maine’s degraded kelp forests from recovering, study shows
Randall Hughes, a marine biologist at Northeastern University who was not involved in the research, said the study “makes a compelling case” that these chemicals may be adding to the challenge of kelp recovery.
Nahant marine center researcher discovers that mud crabs can hear
In proving that mud crabs can hear, Northeastern University researcher A. Randall Hughes answered a question most scientists in her field never thought to ask. Triggered by a layman’s question, her findings, published in a scientific journal last month, are providing new insight into the ecological community found on coral reefs. “This project was initiated […]
Sounds of predators cause mud crabs to cringe with fear, researchers find
In horror flicks, creepy soundtracks are used to help scare the living daylights out of people. In a lab, two researchers used a similar device to freak out mud crabs in an effort to prove that they can hear. The researchers placed the crabs in a big tank and piped in sounds commonly made by […]
