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Randall Hughes
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The noisy world of mud crabs

The noisy world of mud crabs

Northeastern researchers are the first to show that marine crabs are capable of hearing and that their auditory ability plays an important role in their response to fish predators.
Members of Congress visit Marine Science Center

Members of Congress visit Marine Science Center

U.S. Reps. John Tierney and Katherine Clark, as well as staff members from U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren's offices, visited Northeastern's unique urban coastal research facility in Nahant on Wednesday to learn more about the interdisciplinary work taking place there.
Stuck in the middle with oysters and crabs

Stuck in the middle with oysters and crabs

New research from marine scientists at Northeastern shows that the behavior of middle predators in marine food webs plays an important role in the welfare of the whole system—and that, like our behavior, middle predator behavior is pretty fickle.
Snails have a thing for sexy stems

Snails have a thing for sexy stems

Assistant professor Randall Hughes examines the environmental implications of periwinkle snails' preference for climbing sexually reproductive marsh grasses as opposed to vegetative ones.