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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is a nonprofit research institute that studies the marine life and ocean processes that drive life on Earth. Most of the organisms we study are microscopic in size, but they have an enormous influence on the health of our oceans and our planet.

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Recent Press Releases

Researchers Develop Convenient Approach to Track Harmful Algae

12-16-2025

Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory and University of Maine have developed a new test using environmental DNA methods that will make it easier to monitor toxic algae that can threaten shellfish producers and marine ecosystems.

Study Showcases Resilience and Rapid Growth of “Living Rocks”

12-15-2025

Researchers have measured how rapidly these formations capture carbon, showing that, far from being ancient relics, living microbialites are shaping new rock in real time and proving themselves more efficient and resilient than expected.

Researchers Quantify Rate of Essential Evolutionary Process

09-05-2025

Researchers have published the first quantitative analysis of lateral gene transfer rates in the ocean, illuminating the adaptability of marine microbes and the significance of ongoing evolutionary processes to marine life.

New Study Finds Concerning Sea Star Response to a Neurotoxin

08-28-2025

Scientists, led by a student intern at Bigelow Laboratory, have published new research on how sea stars from both coasts are accumulating — and physiologically reacting to — the potent, algae-derived neurotoxin domoic acid.

Study Illuminates How Diatoms Thrive in the Southern Ocean

08-04-2025

An interdisciplinary team of researchers combined methods to help explain enigmatic satellite observations and begin to unravel the complex biological communities and geochemical processes at play in this remote part of the ocean.