The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has announced its upcoming events for the month of February.“Romance Beneath the Waves,” the next After Hours lecture, will be held Thursday, Feb. 13, from 7-8 p.m. in the McHugh Auditorium at Watermen’s Hall on the VIMS campus.
Join VIMS for a special Valentine’s Day-themed lecture with William & Mary’s Batten School and VIMS professor Dr. Jeff Shields as he presents the variety of ways that marine animals reproduce.
Shields will discuss how stationary organisms like barnacles mate, how crabs find each other in the vast, dark and deep sea, and whether oysters are really an aphrodisiac. VIMS has rated this talk PG-13.
After Hours lectures are designed for an adult audience. The lecture will be held in-person as well as online through a livestreamed webinar. Registration is required for both in-person and webinar attendees.
Preserved specimens from the Batten School and VIMS’s fish and invertebrate collections will also be on display in the v...