Marine Biology - Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative

Making a Splash

by Tara Evans | Apr 7, 2025 | Marine Biology

We had another jam-packed day! We started our day out with snorkeling at Mary’s Bay and Point of Sand collecting our REEF survey information. Mary’s Bay was a nice leisurely snorkel while Point of Sand was beautiful to look at but had a very strong...

Mangroves, Seagrass, and Plankton Oh My!

by Tara Evans | Apr 6, 2025 | Marine Biology

We had a jam packed day today! We started off bright and early and headed out to Tarpon Lake to check out the three different kinds of mangroves that we learned about in our lecture this morning. There has not been much rain on Little Cayman so the lake was pretty...

We Made It!!!

by Tara Evans | Apr 5, 2025 | Marine Biology

Even though we had a very early start at 4:30 am, we were all smiles when we piled into the world’s smallest propeller plane to make our “hop” over to Little Cayman! CCMI is directly on the ocean and it is breathtaking! We quickly threw on our...

Headed to Little Cayman!

by Tara Evans | Mar 24, 2025 | Marine Biology

Our FY24 Marine Biology class has had a long time coming to fulfill their trip to Little Cayman for their research portion of the course. We will be headed to the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) on Little Cayman Island on April 5th! Please feel free to...