New information is emerging on how climate change is impacting American lobster populations and their connections to other species in the marine food web in the earliest stages of their life cycle. New research conducted by two graduate students at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) has revealed more information about how these […]
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In an article about the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s Camp Mummichog summer day camp, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper noted that campers ages of 9–12 who are participating in “Marine Adventures” July 31–Aug. 4 will conduct their own experiments, dissect a squid, visit a lab at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to […]
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University of Maine students, researchers, Marine Extension Team members and alumni were among the more than 2,000 participants in the 48th Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport, March 2–4. The annual three-day event brings together fishermen, gear suppliers, scientists, government officials and others to share information and collaborate on all things fishing: markets, resource status, regulations, […]
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The Lincoln County News reported that Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Lincoln County News shared that University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting student researchers to contribute to a diversity of marine and environmental research projects this summer. This season, more than 15 paid internships are available for students, thanks to support from friends and donors to the Darling Marine […]
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Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community. AAAS Fellows are a group of scientists, engineers and innovators recognized for their achievements […]
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In summer 2022, Sophia Pelletier served as an undergraduate research assistant in the lab of professor Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Pelletier, who lives in Davis, California, graduated from University of California, Davis with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife, fish, and conservation biology. She is now applying to graduate programs in marine ecology. Pelletier wrote about her UMaine […]
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In a story about Maine’s scallop farming industry, News Center Maine spoke to Christopher Noren, graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, about his research into the best ways to grow scallops to farm. Noren said that climate change warming Maine’s waters can pose a potential risk to the scallop industry, both […]
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Quantifying the number of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna in New England that die after being caught and released is the goal of a new University of Maine-led study. The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Walt Golet, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine science, more than $210,800 for the project. For their research on […]
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The Lincoln County News boosted an educational program designed for middle school students led by Devin Guilfoyle, outreach coordinator at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, at 1 p.m. on Nov. 19. The content will explore tides, tidal zonation, the formation of salt marshes and hands-on exploration of organisms that live in Gulf of […]
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