Undergraduate internships

Blue Crab Survey Internship: Deadline February 15, 2026

Internship Opportunity: Blue Crab Survey at the Darling Marine Center Are you interested in marine ecology and looking to learn more about field science, trapping surveys, crab ecology and non-native species? The Brady Lab, Maine’s Center for sustainable coastal resources, at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting an undergraduate summer intern to […]

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August 12: Wednesday Walking Tour of the DMC

Join us Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for a walking tour of the DMC’s waterfront laboratories. Learn a little about our history and a lot about the marine research conducted by UMaine faculty and students in, on, and under the waters of the Damariscotta River Estuary, the Gulf of Maine, and beyond. Current research project […]

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August 5: Wednesday Walking Tour of the DMC

Join us Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for a walking tour of the DMC’s waterfront laboratories. Learn a little about our history and a lot about the marine research conducted by UMaine faculty and students in, on, and under the waters of the Damariscotta River Estuary, the Gulf of Maine, and beyond. Current research project […]

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Science on Tap – July 8

Join us for a Science on Tap Seminar  at the Newcastle Publick House on Wednesday evening, from 6-7 p.m. The first Science On Tap Seminar will be presented by Dr. Bob Steneck on July 8. Along Maine’s coast, Jonah crabs and kelp forests now flourish where green sea urchins once roamed . When and how […]

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Wednesday Walking Tours of the DMC

Join us Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for a walking tour of the DMC’s waterfront laboratories. Learn a little about our history and a lot about the marine research conducted by UMaine faculty and students in, on, and under the waters of the Damariscotta River Estuary, the Gulf of Maine, and beyond. Current research project […]

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Explore the Ocean at 4-H Science Saturday

Youth in grades 6-8 are invited to explore ocean waves and develop sensors at a UMaine 4-H Science Saturday workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 28, at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, 193 Clarks Cove Road, Walpole. Participants will be introduced to sensors, learn how sensors are used in marine science […]

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Natural Science Illustration Workshop

The “Natural Science Illustration Workshop” will be offered at the Darling Marine Center, June 15-19, 2015.  Now in it’s sixth year, the illustration workshop draws creative people to midcoast Maine from around Maine and across the country. Whether you want to illustrate a natural history journal with sketches and watercolor, or hone your observational skills […]

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Cold-water coral talk January 9th

Cold-water corals of the Gulf of Maine will be the topic of a slide show and talk presented by Dr. Rhian Waller on January 9th at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor. The talk will begin at 7:00pm. More information is available at the library’s website.

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