by Catherine Schmitt Since 2019, we have been monitoring the effects of sea level rise on Mount Desert Island. We […]
2023 Sea Watch at Schoodic Point
October 12, 2023Nathan Dubrow of Ipswich, Massachusetts is the Schoodic Point Sea Watch counter for the 2023 fall migration season. Graduating from […]
Moth Magic
July 26, 2023story + photos by Catherine Schmitt It could be easy to mistake the insect for a flower, to mistake the […]
Announcing the 2023 Second Century Stewardship Fellows
May 4, 2023New research on southern pine beetle, small mammals in Acadia National Park Two scientists have been awarded fellowships to conduct […]
Acadia Science Year in Review
March 15, 2023by Emma Albee and Abe Miller-Rushing Another busy year of science in Acadia National Park in the books! Researchers worked […]
The Meaning of a Meadow
February 2, 2023story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Between the mountains of Acadia are valleys, where the last great glacier ground away […]
Watching the tide and measuring the rising sea
November 21, 2022by Catherine Schmitt Tides are highest (and lowest) during full and new moons, when the moon and sun – and […]
42 million birds and counting
November 1, 2022by Seth Benz The migration of birds along the Downeast coast of Maine is spectacular. According to Birdcast, a collaborative […]
Dr. Chris Nadeau joins Schoodic Institute
October 17, 2022WINTER HARBOR, MAINE – Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chris Nadeau […]
Students explore science and art through photojournalism
October 17, 2022story + photos by Olivia Milloway On a brisk morning in October, a gaggle of middle school students wandered through […]