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Juvenile loggerheads make their way to the shore as a crowd watches in Surf City, North Carolina. Photo by Chris Johnson.

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The team is using cutting-edge technology to compile data about populations of Mediterranean great white sharks currently considered by many researchers to be endangered. Adobe stock photo.

VT professor spends month on Mediterranean Sea searching for sharks

Propagating mussel power to purify Virginia's freshwater | VTx | Virginia Tech

photo of Hutton Program participants at the Mussel Lab; The Hutton Program, a pilot program partnering with the College of Natural Resources and Environment and the American Fisheries Society, is enlightening high-school students about career opportunities in fisheries professions through first-hand experience.

Hutton Program brings budding marine biologists to campus

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Gwyneth Martin, a senior in marine fish conservation, participated in this year’s Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship (FURF) even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo courtesy of Gwyneth Martin.

Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellow investigates microplastics in local fish

Photo of SCE Scholar Tiffany Drape paddleboarding at Claytor Lake, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Megan Wawro and Tiffany Drape.

Six interdisciplinary research teams announced as 2022 ISCE Scholars

Picture of faculty and Students in the field: Faculty and students from the College of Natural Resources and Environment are gaining a better understanding of the bluehead chub and uncovering their secrets just may be the key to conservation efforts.

An amazing ecosystem engineer in Southwest Virginia

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