December 12, 2025

Co-Co-Co! ❄️

‘Tis the 🌊SEA-son to get festive with a brand-new Bigelow Laboratory coccolithophore ornament!  Now available in the online shop, this ornament features our logo on one side, and an intricate, snowflake-esque coccolithophore design on…

December 9, 2025

Converting Waves into Opportunity

Blue biotechnology, seaweed farming, shellfish aquaculture, and ocean data and forecasting are emerging economic engines in Maine — and areas that Bigelow Laboratory understands deeply.  The latest report from Maine’s Blue Economy Task…

December 8, 2025

Opening a Can of Marine Worms

On Thursday, join us at Footbridge Brewery for the next talk in the Ocean on Tap series! Kara Gadeken of the College of the Atlantic will share insights into marine worms. Learn more about these weird, wonderful invertebrates and what…

December 8, 2025

Let the Science Sync In

Last month, researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and Maine Department of Marine Resources gathered at our lab for the inaugural Bigelow-DMR Collaborative Symposium — hopefully, the first of many to come!  A culmination of years of…

December 6, 2025

Caring for Our Community

This holiday season, the Bigelow Laboratory team pitched in to help community members facing food insecurity.  Bigelowians brought donated pantry staples and essential items to the lab. Yesterday, Chief of Staff Valerie Young (left),…

December 2, 2025

Giving Tuesday

Bigelow Laboratory’s scientists are committed to gaining a better understanding of how the ocean works and unlocking its potential. From learning how tiny life forms, including larval lobsters and coccolithophores, make big waves in…

December 1, 2025

Blue Biotech Bulletin: November 2025

Maine researchers and entrepreneurs are unlocking the potential of algae, seaweed, shellfish, and marine microbes to develop novel products and materials. These blue biotechnology innovations not only strengthen the state’s economy but…

November 28, 2025

Science Aglow

Are you planning to check out Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’s holiday light show, Gardens Aglow? Make your visit to the Boothbay peninsula even merrier with a behind-the-scenes tour of Bigelow Laboratory’s campus in East…

November 27, 2025

Keeping Us Posted

On Tuesday afternoon, Bigelow Laboratory’s Sea Change Semester students presented posters about their research in the Burgess Forum.  Colleagues from across the laboratory engaged with the 11 undergraduates as they shared their…

November 26, 2025

On Cloud Nine

Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They’re also one of the big unknowns in climate models. These microscopic particles form thanks to an array of complex chemical…

November 24, 2025

#MicroMonday: Happy Planksgiving

Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, Bigelow Laboratory is celebrating these tiny powerhouses of the ocean. As…

November 21, 2025

Chromatic Curiosity

Bigelow Laboratory continued celebrating Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)’s #MaineBioscienceDay with a visit to Durham Community School, where Research Technician Lydia Pinard painted a vivid picture of algae and its role in our…

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