Luis Hernandez
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- Aug 20, 2026
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- Jul 30, 2026
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Bug off: Rhode Island officials say keep squashing spotted lanternflies (opens the original)
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Leaving the office in South Providence on a recent evening, I noticed a small red bug on the hood of my Kia. “That’s a pretty little critter,” I thought. But later, I learned that the cute bugs are actually an enemy. I had found a small spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect originally from China whose spread the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is battling to contain. The bugs were first found in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 2014. By 2021, they had been found in Warwick, accor
$15M grant aims to protect New England’s ‘legacy’ seafood industry (opens the original)
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The seafood industry has long been an economic driver in Rhode Island, but it's facing a number of challenges — including rising costs, warming waters and an aging workforce. In an effort to combat these obstacles, the National Science Foundation has awarded a $15 million grant to the University of Rhode Island and several regional partners. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with Marta Gomez-Chiarri, an aquaculture and fisheries professor at URI, about how her lab is hoping to use the money to s
Rare hammerhead encounter makes waves off Rhode Island (opens the original)
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The Atlantic Shark Institute announced this week that its researchers, for the first time, placed a data-gathering tag on a hammerhead shark. Video of the encounter, which happened last week in waters off Block Island, went viral. It was captured by filmmaker Tomas Koeck, who was filming for the docuseries “Ocean State: Rhode Island’s Wild Coast.” Koeck has described the series as a love letter to the state’s marine life. This week, the New England Emmy-nominated pilot for the series, “Chasing F
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