KentIsland

Bowdoin established a biological field station on Kent Island in 1936. In the ensuing decades, researchers have published hundreds of studies on species that inhabit or breed on the island, from Leach's storm petrels and Savanah sparrows to meadow spittlebugs, barnacles, and blueflag iris. Biological field stations are unique outposts, often in environmentally protected areas, that offer scientists the chance to do extended investigations into the natural world.