A private gift to VIMS funds summer camps that provide fun, hands-on experiences in the field and lab to elementary and middle school students from in and around Gloucester County.
VIMS' 50-year monitoring program shows that Chesapeake Bay oysters are developing resistance to the diseases that have helped devastate their population.
The world's longest-running study of shark populations has focused global attention on shark declines and led to the first U.S. management plan for sharks.
The traditional means of harvesting Bay oysters is now undergoing a sea-change, as VIMS helps industry add the techniques of aquaculture to its repertoire.
Each summer, a group of bright young scientists gather at VIMS to conduct a 10-week research project as part of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program.