How do you sustainably feed carnivorous fish in captivity? Dr. Al Place at IMET developed the first fully vegetarian feed for farmed salmon that met all their dietary needs. In particular, this new diet of mealworms introduced Taurine, a crucial compound that had been missing from previous attempts.

From dogs and cats to oysters, Dr. Matthew Gray has always been fascinated by creatures great and small. Today, he works out of UMCES' Horn Point Laboratory, studying restoration, aquaculture, and more. #scientistoriginstories

Dr. Lora Harris of Chesapeake Biological Laboratory has a new book hitting shelves! Co-authored by Jessica Cohn and the late Scott W. Nixon, "Ramet Rules: Individual Based Modelling of Clonal Plants" focuses on numerical modelling in clonal plants like #seagrasses. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#ICYMI It’s Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week! This year, the theme is “Built by Nature, Protected Together” which highlights the natural and manmade features that support the Bay watershed.

Happy World Oceans Day!!!

May is American Wetlands Month. See how UMCES scientists, the Army Corps of Engineers, and so many others came together to create and preserve critical wetland habitats on Poplar Island in this great piece from MPT: conta.cc/3R0cOK5

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Happy Earth Day! Our amazing faculty members are doing their part today and every day -- some of them have been doing it for decades. #scientistoriginstories

UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory just announced the 2026 "Science for Community" series! Join us April 21–May 5 to learn about: 🔹 DNA & jaguar tracking 🔹 Real-time sturgeon forecasting 🔹 Acoustic whale monitoring 🔹 AI & genomic mapping 🔹 Emerging contaminants Register: www.umces.edu/cbl/s4c

This week, MEES students and teachers attended the XXXV Annual Zosterapalooza conference. It was exciting to see how one of the students used visualizations developed in our Science Visualization course in her presentation! #scicomm #eelgrass #Zosteramarina #SAV #sciencevisualisation #umces

#ICYMI: A new mini-doc on the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) is out! 📣 We’re proud to partner with CMC, supporting water quality data & community science across the watershed. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/WWWiaMp7BRs?... 💻 More: www.chesapeakemonitoringcoop.org #ChesapeakeBay #CommunityScience

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Why do we have better maps of the surface of Mars than the seafloor of our own planet? UMCES alumna and President & CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Dr. Deborah Bronk (Ph.D. '92) appeared on The 1A podcast to discuss the future of ocean research. Listen: the1a.org/segments/lis...

Listener Picks: The future of ocean research

We have better maps of the surface of Mars than the seafloor of our own planet.

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Research conducted at UMCES Appalachian Laboratory found that changes in songbirds’ abundance & migration timing—often in response to climate change and habitat disturbances—are causing dramatic shifts in the bird species commonly seen together during migration. www.umces.edu/content/umce...

UMCES Research Finds Climate Change and Species Declines Are Reshaping Communities of Migrating Birds

A new study published in Global Change Biology advances our knowledge about migratory bird communities and confirms shifts in the bird species we see together during migration; information that could ...

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Cultivating oysters typically requires the use of oyster shells, which are in short supply. Alongside efforts to keep and recycle shells, UMCES researchers are testing other materials (alternative substrates) to meet the growing demand for oysters in restoration, commercial fishing, and aquaculture.

I’ve been working on oyster policy since my first year in the Maryland Senate in 2019 – partnering with @umces.bsky.social & a bipartisan group of legislators to bring watermen & environmental groups together & find a path to restore & protect the Bay’s critical oyster population for generations.

🦪 Don’t call it a comeback! The mighty oyster – integral to the health of the Chesapeake Bay – is on the upswing.

#ICYMI IAN had a busy November, attending 3 different conferences across the #ChesapeakeBay watershed: the Chesapeake Watershed Forum in WV, #CERF in VA, and Maryland Water Monitoring Council in MD! We held workshops, presented about our report cards, & learned so much from fellow colleagues.