For decades, scientists have used ocean color observed from space to estimate the abundance of phytoplankton. Now, scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are hoping to do the same for zooplankton. https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-07-28.html

What happens beneath the seafloor where life survives on almost no energy? Thank you to everyone who joined us at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences this week for the second Café Sci talk to find out! #BigelowLab #OceanScience #BelowtheSeafloor #Maine #Microbes

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an unforgettable evening at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences during the Big Splash! We are so grateful for the dedicated people who make this work possible and for their commitment to moving cutting-edge ocean science forward. #BigelowLab #OceanScience

Congratulations, 2026 REU Cohort! 👏 Today, our undergraduate summer interns shared their poster presentations at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, highlighting the intensive research they have done over the past 10 weeks. Collage by David Fields. #BigelowLab

Researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are part of a team working to understand how iron cycles through the marine environment and how phytoplankton can benefit from this trace metal. https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-07-24.html 📸: Susanna Michael and Ben Twining

We were thrilled to welcome hundreds of visitors to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences this weekend as the Lincoln County host for Maine Historical Society's statewide Declaration of Independence tour. Catch the next stop at Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk. #BigelowLab #MaineHistory

Thank you to the nearly 200 people who joined us in Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences' forum yesterday for the first Café Sci of the season to explore the waters surrounding Antarctica with Dr. Ben Twining! Register for next week's talk: https://www.bigelow.org/news/cafe-sci/below-the-seafloor

Show your love for our work with the new Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Boat & Tote! Shop yours today at https://store.bigelow.org/, or pick one up in person at our upcoming Café Sci talks, starting tonight! #BigelowLaboratory #SupportScience #Merch #OceanScience #MaineMade

We had a wonderful time welcoming this year’s group of Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness interns to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences! Thank you for another wonderful visit, and we are already looking forward to next year. 📷 David Fields & Aislyn Keyes #BigelowLaboratory #PublicHealth

New paper: Detecting sea creatures from outer space. Detect a whale, and you know where it is. Detect its food, and you know where it might go next. New research by Dr. Rebekah Shunmugapandi and colleagues tracks whale prey via satellites. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @bigelowlab.bsky.social

Meet some of the ocean’s most otherworldly creatures, found during a recent expedition to the South Atlantic off Brazil that included Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences SRSs John Burns and David Fields. 📸 Alex Ingle/ROV SuBastian, Schmidt Ocean Institute https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=2075

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences SRS Karen Stamieszkin, visiting student Reyes Martín Rodríguez, and REU Lulu Baker recently spent three days on a research cruise off Halifax, Nova Scotia, collecting samples to better understand how ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) may affect zooplankton.

#MicroMonday: meet Calanus finmarchicus! Karen Stamieszkin, Farley Miller, and Reyes Martín Rodríguez collected these tiny but mighty copepods during a net tow from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences dock this spring. #MicroMonday #BigelowLab #Copepods #GulfofMaine #OceanScience

We were thrilled to welcome our community to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences this afternoon for an open house celebrating the wonders of microbial ocean science. #BigelowLaboratory #OpenHouse #ScienceEducation #MarineScience #Boothbay

Want to know what life was like working on a research vessel in Antarctica? Check out Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences SRS Ben Twining's reflections on his recent expedition. 📸 Ben Twining From Transect Magazine: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-07-03.html

Registration is now open for Maine Blue Economy Week! From Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 in Portland, @BigelowLaboratory is proud to co-organize Maine Blue Economy Week. Explore this event and more on Currents. https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1989 #MaineBlueEconomyWeek #BlueEconomy #Maine

For decades, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has worked with the Maine Department of Marine Resources to advance research that can inform science-based management for the Gulf of Maine. Read more: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-07-01.html 📸 1 by: Heather Glon 📸 2 by: Gabe Souza

Today, #BigelowLab celebrates the 250th anniversary of the USA. 🇺🇸 We are proud to serve as the Lincoln County stop for the MHS statewide tour of the #DeclarationOfIndependence from July 24-25! FMI: https://www.mainehistory.org/revolutionary-maine-doi-boothbay/ #RevolutionaryMaine #AmericaAt250

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is excited to partner with Tufts University to offer a new opportunity for graduate students to gain immersive, hands-on experience in ocean science. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-07-02.html #OceanScience #STEMeducation #BigelowLab

The Center for Aquatic Cytometry at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences recently received a new instrument to help keep us at the forefront of microbial ocean research. Read the full story: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-06-24.html #FlowCytometry #Phytoplankton #BigelowLaboratory

This year’s World Ocean Day challenge was one for the books. Thank you to the 130+ donors who helped us raise $190,824 of matched support for bold ocean science! Your generosity fuels the world-class science happening at our institution every day. 🩵 #WorldOceanDay

🦞 On Thursday, #BigelowLab hosted its annual picnic at Newagen Seaside Inn, encouraging our team to savor the splendors of coastal Maine. To all the hard-working, inspiring Bigelowians and generous board members who go above and beyond to make our institution shine: thank you!

Bigelow Laboratory’s Café Sci is a fun way for you to dive into global ocean issues and opportunities with leading scientists. This summer, Café Sci will take place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. ET from July 22 – August 12, virtually or in person. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/cafesci

We are thrilled to invite you to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences' open house on Friday, July 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in East Boothbay. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/news/open-house.html

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences team was proud to take part in Boothbay Harbor’s annual Windjammer Days Parade this afternoon! Thank you to everyone who came out for the festivities. We’re honored to be a part of this beloved tradition! #WindjammerDays #BoothbayHarbor #BigelowLaboratory

On June 24, join us for #OceanOnTap at Aekeir Brewing in Wiscasset! Lulu Bates of the Maine DMR will chat about what’s percolating beneath the surface of Maine’s coastal waters. Join us as we explore how scientific dive surveys track how underwater communities change. #maine

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences REU students Opshory Choudhury and Judah Gradie visited Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute in Massachusetts to pick up a sea urchin cell line for their summer projects. Thank you, GMGI, for being a supportive spine of undergraduate research!

Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are using global datasets and predictive maps to track down potential hotspots for fish-killing blooms in parts of the ocean where monitoring data are scarce. 📸 1: Vince Lovko. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-06-18.html

Earlier this evening, #BigelowLab President and CEO Deborah Bronk chatted with Katherine Richardson, professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen and leader of its Sustainability Science Center, as part of the Freeport Speech series. #blueplanet #ocean

A Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences team undertook new sediment coring efforts in the Gulf of Maine, reaching much deeper depths on the continental shelf. Register for SRS Melody Lindsay's Café Sci talk on July 29 https://www.bigelow.org/news/cafe-sci/below-the-seafloor