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Groups of children participating in activities at Toadfish Adventures camp in 2024

Kids Summer Adventures at Horn Point Lab: July/August 2025
March 24, 2025
Toadfish Adventures is a co-ed, environmental education, STEM-focused experience with 3 sessions for rising 1st graders through 15 years old. It takes place at UMCES' Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, MD. With the backdrop of the Horn Point Laboratory and its 800+ acres on the banks of the Choptank River, Toadfish Adventures engages students’ sense of wonder!
Dr. Richard Johnson outdoors, leaning against a tree and facing camera.

Nominations for the 2025 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Now Open

March 4, 2025
The Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is currently seeking nominations of individuals or organizations for the 2025 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award.
UMCES CBL Centennial event and logo reveal

UMCES kicks off celebration of a century of service
January 27, 2025
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science kicked off the celebration of its 100th anniversary with a centennial launch event on January 24, 2025, at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons.
UMCES Centennial Logo, featuring the Number 100 with an image of a heron within the numbers

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: A Century of Innovation and Impact
January 24, 2025
UMCES will celebrate its centennial year with an event series highlighting legacy and future vision for 2025 and beyond.
New research shows songbird migration may be driven by more than innate patterns and memory. Recorded flight calls reveal probable social associations between species making the nighttime trek. Here, an American Redstart streaks across the sky. A. Dreelin

Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration, new study says
January 15, 2025
New research shows songbird migration may be driven by more than innate patterns and memory. Recorded flight calls reveal probable social associations between species making the nighttime trek. Here, an American Redstart streaks across the sky. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin.

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