News and events

Mitchell Byrd (right) and Captain Fuzzzo (left) flying an eagle survey in March of 2019 [View Image]

Still flying at 90

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Mitchell Byrd turned 90 in August of 2018, but in early March of 2019 he toed the flight line and was back in the survey plane to begin his 43rd season of eagle work.

Marian Watts holds a recently-banded chick hatched on the Cobb Island Towe [View Image]

Virginia peregrines set record high in 2018

Thursday, April 4, 2019

With 32 occupied territories, Virginia supported the largest breeding population of peregrine falcons ever known to occupy the state during the 2018 season.

Baby sturgeon on researches gloved hand [View Image]

Researcher finds rare fish in the James River

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Matt Balazik, along with his colleagues at the Rice Rivers Center, find baby sturgeon in the James River.

Two researchers at Rice Rivers Center [View Image]

Rice Rivers Center Summer Scholars Program will fund research awards

Monday, March 11, 2019

The VCU Rice Rivers Center will fund a limited number of undergraduate student research awards for projects mentored by VCU faculty.

VCU's Think on This featuring Dr. Dan McGarvey [View Image]

CES faculty member part of VCU's new 'Think on This' video series

Thursday, March 7, 2019

VCU CES scientist Daniel McGarvey, Ph.D., is highlighted in the VCU video series, 'Think on This.'

Discovered by a Rice Rivers Center researcher while trawling the James River, the five-foot-long 19th century anchor will go on display overlooking the river [View Image]

VCU researcher discovers 19th-century anchor while hunting for juvenile sturgeon

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

In search of juvenile sturgeon, a VCU researcher's trawl caught a piece of history in the James River.

Students from the Steward School look at the bagged oyster shells at the Rice Rivers Center [View Image]

Rice Rivers Center part of The Steward School's Community Week

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Students at the Steward School visit VCU Rice Rivers Center as part of Steward's Community Week.

Ellen Stuart-Haentiens at the VCU State of the University Address [View Image]

ILS doctoral students featured in VCU President’s University Address

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

ILS doctoral students featured in VCU President’s University Address

Adult white ibis with a brood in Virginia. [View Image]

White ibis explode in Virginia

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Unconcerned with species norms, white ibis have been documented to pick up entire colonies supporting tens of thousands of pairs and move completely in a single year.

Chance Hines (rt) and Laura Duval (lft) extract a woodpecker from a pole net after capture [View Image]

Moving woodpeckers 4

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

For the fourth consecutive year, CCB and a multi-state, multi-agency coalition rallied to capture red-cockaded woodpeckers