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Today we are highlighting two of our snapping turtles here at CURB, Bruce and Eugene. Their scientific name is Chelydra Serpentina but, they are more commonly referred to as the common snapping turtle. Eugene has been at the center for 5 years while Bruce has been here for 7!

Irvington High School student, Riley, has begun a 2 year study of the local population of Atlantic oysters present along the shores of our Hudson River beach. Thank you @BillionOyster for supporting this educational research!

Last week, Dr. Michelle Hersh’s First-Year Studies Urban Ecology Course from SLC came to visit CURB. The students had a tour of the facilities and participated in our daily seine. The students caught 33 blue crabs, 33 sand shrimp, 15 grass shrimp, and 2 striped bass!

On Saturday, as a continuation of our Teaching the Environment program, we had a discussion with Lenape Center Director of Cultural Affairs Curtis Zunigha. Curtis spoke about the history of the Lenape, their diaspora across the U.S., and their contemporary profile. @LenapeCenter

Today we are highlighting two of our Red-Eared Slider Turtles here at CURB! In this double tank, we have one female and one male Red-Eared Slider. These turtles were brought to the center from a local elementary school 13 years ago!

This past Friday, for their Day of Doing Good, #RegeneronD4DG volunteers assisted in a beach/park clean up, gardening, and trail maintenance near the waterfront here at CURB. Volunteers also assisted with our daily seine! Thank you, #RegeneronD4DG volunteers! @Regeneron

Introducing CURB’s first comb jelly! Caught during a plankton tow on Friday, this comb jelly was placed in our new jellyfish tank in the center. Comb jellies are some of the more frequent species we find here at CURB so we are excited to have one here for everyone to see!

Today we are highlighting Chip! A Diamondback Terrapin that has been at CURB since 2018. Diamondback Terrapins get their name from the diamond shaped pattern on their shell. These turtles each have a unique pattern of dark spots, blotches or stripes on their head and body!

Last week we had students participate in our Hudson River Ecology Course at Curb. Over the course of the week, students learned about the Hudson River estuary as they participated in seining, fish identification, sediment study, and marsh replication!

Small fish, big city fuels deep mystery on how rare fish over 200 miles away reach Yonkers lohud.com/story/news/loc… via @lohud

Seniors in our @iborganization Environmental Systems & Societies classes dove into studies in the Hudson River on a field trip to @SarahLawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak. 🦀🐟 #dwightschoolpersonalizedlearning #dwightschool #fieldtrip #beyondtheclassroom

This week’s data! This week we had help from two school groups. Our Tuesday morning seine was a massive catch, one of the largest at CURB. Thursday we caught a very large American eel. instagram.com/p/CUvC_2NLXDk/…

Join us this Saturday for an Environmental Day of Action along the Hudson River. Activities will include public seining, water quality monitoring, gardening, and more! #HudsonRiver #research #community #yonkers #westchester #fish #science #volunteers

Just posted a photo @ Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak instagram.com/p/CUdB7DKl6Yu/…

Blue claw crabs, eels, striped bass, white perch, and more came to #ClimateWeekNYC on the #HudsonRiverEstuary to help train educators preparing for Oct 14 Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor @SLCCURB with @LamontEarth @NYSDEC! @NYSMEA @nysoea

Just posted a photo @ Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak instagram.com/p/CULGYUTlxhf/…

Just posted a photo @ Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak instagram.com/p/CULC79SLIga/…

Join CURB and our partners for a day of environmental action along the Hudson River! See flyer for more details. No registration required. #yonkers #hudsonriver #science #research #environment @yonkerspublicschools @SarahLawrence

Just posted a photo @ Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak instagram.com/p/CT5DeNHrtrM/…

Measuring Oyster Growth @SLCCURB @YonkersSchools @PTechAP