GoShoals | 12:00 pm | December 30, 2009 | Announcements
On a recent pelagic birdwatching cruise, birders were shocked to see a Great Black-backed Gull catch a Tern out of the air and proceed to swallow it whole. The amazing example of the predatory behavior of the largest species of sea gull took place on August 1st just off Seavey Island in NH.
Read more or watch the sideshow.
The Bones of Babbs
GoShoals | 11:57 am | | Announcements
There is a superstition among the islanders that Philip Babb, or some evil-minded descendant of his, haunts Appledore. No timid soul can be induced to walk alone after dark over a certain shingly beach on the island, at the top of a cove bearing Babb’s name–for it is there that his uneasy spirit is often seen.
Peregrine on Radar Tower
GoShoals | 11:37 pm | December 23, 2009 | Photos
Bird experts? From Priscilla – click for a larger image.
Shoals course sets Cornell senior on a path to study parasites
GoShoals | 2:41 pm | December 17, 2009 | News
Lauren Quevillon, a senior Biology major currently “consumed by tests,” vividly remembers the reason she decided to pursue science: Richard Preston’s book The Hot Zone. “I fell in love with science then and there,” she recalled.
During her freshman year at Cornell, Quevillon learned about the Biodiversity & Biology of Marine Invertebrates course taught at the Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML), an affiliate of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences… Read More!
GoShoals 2010
GoShoals | 11:55 am | December 4, 2009 | Announcements
The online application for 2010 is ready! Apply now!
Registration closes on April 16th 2010.
SML News
GoShoals | 11:41 am | | Announcements
SML Associate Director, Jessica Bolker wins UNH Excellence in Teaching Award! Congratulations Jessica! Read more…
New England BioLabs, Inc. posts support of Shoals Marine Lab course, Genetics of Marine Diversity on their web site! According to core faculty member, Dr. Andrew Shedlock, “In a course that seeks to inspire undergraduates though the completion of their own scientific investigations, New England BioLabs has been a welcome neighbor, and critical sponsor of our efforts to give today’s students the molecular biological tools they need to help solve tomorrow’s challenging environmental problems.”
GMC 2009 student, Karine Sawan at the bench; photo by A. Shedlock