Dave Shaw

Jan 25, 2022

Straight from a Scientist

 “Straight from a Scientist” offers free educational science games on the brain, virology, and the ever-present coronavirus.

Jan 13, 2022

NC Blue Heron Bowl Set For Feb. 5

The North Carolina Sea Grant is among the proud sponsors of the 2022 Blue Heron Bowl, a virtual event to be held Saturday, Feb. 5. The deadline for high school teams to enter is Friday, Jan. 14.

Jan 4, 2022

The Ever-Expanding Brains of Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks

This shark’s brain never stops growing throughout its entire life, especially the regions responsible for motor control and sense of smell.

Dec 13, 2021

Do Water Snakes Get Thirsty?

A research team enters swampy terrain to hand-capture snakes and measure the reptiles' sensitivity to dehydration.

Dec 10, 2021

Skedaddling Sea Turtles: How Loggerheads React to Hurricanes

Not only do these turtles dive longer and change locations, but their new behaviors linger after the storms have passed.

Dec 8, 2021

In Full Bloom

North Carolina Sea Grant welcomes Haley Plass to our advisory board. Plaas is a Ph.D. student in environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. She received the joint Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership – North Carolina Sea Grant Fellowship in 2019 and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2020. Here, she talks about some of her groundbreaking research.

Dec 1, 2021

Above and Below: The Impacts of Weather Events on Water Quality and Quantity

North Carolina Sea Grant celebrates Black in Marine Science Week with a look at Alex K. Manda's wide-ranging research interests, which address a critical resource many people on the East Coast often take for granted: water.

Dec 1, 2021

New “Tangled in Trash” App Relies on Grassroots Reporting

The first reporting tool designed to document when and where marine debris harms animals in the Carolinas and Georgia is now available. The “Tangled in Trash” app relies on information from anyone who finds wildlife entangled or injured in marine debris and trash.

Nov 29, 2021

Breaking Systemic Barriers: Being Black in the Aquatic Sciences and Related Fields

North Carolina Sea Grant celebrates Black in Marine Science Week with Lauren D. Pharr’s seminal story from the award-winning Spring 2021 issue of Coastwatch magazine.

Nov 24, 2021

Digging Up a Stormy Past

"We decided to look back in time to see how past storms have affected salt marsh movement along coastal North Carolina."