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NACE Job Championing Local Aquaculture!
At this week’s Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition (NACE) in Portland, Bigelow Laboratory team members enjoyed connecting with aquaculture producers, service providers, vendors, peers, students, and managers. We appreciated hearing updates from…
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Take a Wild Guess
If you’re in the market for a new superpower in 2026, might we suggest trying your hand at superforecasting? Superforecasters are people who have an unusual ability to predict future events. They…
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Water, Water, Everywhere
As an ocean sciences research institute, it’s no surprise that Bigelow Laboratory is profoundly invested in water health. What you might not realize is that our commitment extends beyond the coastline. The…
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If I’m Herring You Correctly
If you thought fish were swimming in silence: think again! While their voices might not sound like the chipper flounders and clownfish you’ve seen chatting it up in beloved animated films, they…
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Transect Magazine Research Round-up: Partnerships
Bigelow Laboratory researchers collaborate with agencies, resource managers, and local governments to share our expertise and analytical capacity. Learn more about how our partnerships help provide the information needed to support science-informed…
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
In parts of the Gulf of Maine, kelp forests are disappearing fast and being replaced with something new. Scientists call this kind of dramatic, lasting ecosystem change a state shift. Bigelow Laboratory…
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Transect Magazine Research Round-up: Discoveries
Bigelow Laboratory researchers study every corner of the ocean to reveal its mysteries and help illuminate the foundations of ocean health. Explore some of our recent discoveries and advances to that end.…
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New Year’s Eve Boat Drop
Whether you’re watching a sparkly ball descend in Time’s Square or this much cooler capture of the R/V Clarice being lowered into the Harraseeket River on December 16: the team at Bigelow…
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Innovation and Gumption
Much like the ever-churning surface of the ocean, 2025 proved to be a wildly unpredictable year for U.S. science. Despite the continuous ebbs and flows, Bigelow Laboratory’s scientists moved the needle across…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: December 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…
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#MicroMonday: Charismatic Microfauna
What do jellyfish, lobsters, krill, and even swordfish have in common? At some point in their lives, they’re all zooplankton. These are the drifting animals that we’re spotlighting on the final #MicroMonday…
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One Shell of a Study
Led by Postdoctoral Scientist Melissa Rocker, Bigelow Laboratory researchers published a new study yesterday that looks at the spread of epizootic shell disease in American lobsters and won an editor’s choice in…
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#MicroMonday: Festive, Yet Toxic
Merry #MicroMonday! Check out this light microscopy of Pseudo-nitzschia australis cells collected off the coast of Maine during the 2016 bloom, the first time that P. australis was detected in the Gulf…
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Wasting Away?
Eelgrass meadows may not always get the same attention as kelp forests and coral reefs, but, like those latter two, these ecosystems are incredibly rich and biologically diverse, underpinned by a foundational…
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Keeping Clear of Bad Blooms
Toxic species of algae like Pseudo-nitzschia australis can have devastating impacts on coastal industries and communities — a lesson Maine communities learned first hand in 2016 when P. australis unexpectedly bloomed along…
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Positively Rocking It
South Africa’s coast is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth: microbialites. These “living rocks” are built by microbes that turn dissolved minerals into stone. A new study…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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