History

National Park Service Director, Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III, to speak in Acadia on July 26, 2022
Winter Harbor – On July 26th, 2022 Schoodic Institute will host our annual Goldstein Lecture to convene and inspire on […]

Landscape of change: Year one results
by Catherine Schmitt, Kyle Lima, Seth Benz, and Peter Nelson Launched on April 19, 2021, Landscape of Change is a […]

Seaweed Field Guide
Women of Acadia’s Intertidal Zone story + photos by Catherine Schmitt On a bright morning in early February, Jordan Chalfant […]

Yellow, September!
by Catherine Schmitt If months had a color, September would be yellow, thanks to the sunflowers, yarrow, and especially the […]

Intertidal Synthesis Project
by Ben Capuano, 2021 Intern from College of the Atlantic The intertidal zones present within the land that today makes […]

The changing – and unchanging – moths of Acadia
by Catherine Schmitt | cover image by David Manski This week is National Moth Week. At Schoodic Institute, we’ve been […]

Schoodic Institute Intern Talk Series
by Hannah Webber Summertime flies! Over the next few weeks, our interns will be wrapping up their projects and sharing […]

Birding for science on National Trails Day
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt There is a long history of people watching and listening to birds on Mount […]

Getting to know Acadia’s bees
by Catherine Schmitt On May 18, 1927, William Procter encountered a bumble bee, trapped and preserved it, and added the […]

Science in the invisible present
by Nick Fisichelli Reading stories on our website or following our social media posts may have you wondering, Why is […]