Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

An introduced parasite is affecting native mud crabs in Chesapeake Bay. The parasite is now common in the Bay, but its abundance and spread vary greatly from year to year. Scientists need your help to track the parasite! 

The SERC Archaeology Lab is looking for volunteers to help excavate sites on our campus in Edgewater, Maryland. Volunteers will work alongside researchers and citizen scientists to excavate units, sieve sediment, and wash and sort artifacts. 

The SERC Archaeology Lab is looking for volunteers to help excavate sites on our campus in Edgewater, Maryland. Volunteers will work alongside researchers and citizen scientists to excavate units, sieve sediment, and wash and sort artifacts. 

Speaker: Dr. Melissa McCormick (SERC)

Speaker: Dr. Alexis Erwin (United States Agency for International Development)

Our Thursday seminars are open to SERC staff and the public. Since they are aimed at a scientific audience, they are more technical than our evening lectures.

Speaker: Mirela Tulbure (University of New South Wales)

Our Thursday seminars are open to SERC staff and the public. Since they are aimed at a scientific audience, they are more technical than our evening lectures.

Speaker: Dr. Katia Engelhardt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Speaker: Bill Ball, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium

Our Thursday seminars are open to SERC staff and the public. Since they are aimed at a scientific audience, they are more technical than our evening lectures.

Speaker: Dr. Karen Knee (American University)

Our Thursday seminars are open to SERC staff and the public. Since they are aimed at a scientific audience, they are more technical than our evening lectures.

Speaker: Greg Kearns, Patuxent River Park

Learn about the fascinating biology of ospreys, and how conservationists have helped them make a comeback in the Chesapeake.