Capn Bert News Today

Digitizing decades worth of pre-computer files held in storage at the Narragansett Bay campus let oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island get a be

University of Rhode Island (URI) researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century, based on new analysis of a long-term time series study of the bay.

The level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton in Narragansett Bay has dropped by half in the past half-century.

Crush it this summer with Quint’s go-to beer, screenings, feedings, and more

A pair of white minivans rolls up on the dirt lot of Wickford Boat Yard. When the doors slide open, a dozen high school kids from Providence emerge, yawning and stretching as if it’s much earlier than 9 a.m. They make their way toward the University research vessel Cap’n Bert, which will take the group to two different locations to trawl for sharks and other marine life. Some of the students have never been aboard a boat for a saltwater expedition, and they seem a bit quieter than other memb...

Brad Wetherbee said the idea for the URI Shark Camp came to him after noticing he wasnt seeing a whole lot of diversity in his first-year classes.