# Life on the move in a changing Chesapeake Bay

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- Published: 2026-11-03T17:20:14+00:00
- Category: Science
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In 2025, a local crabber reached out to professor Romuald Lipcius with some news: He'd been catching stone crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Native to Florida, the species had reached its northernmost documented occurrence to date. News got out, and William & Mary's VIMS & Batten School were flooded with additional sightings from the public. Some were legitimate; many were mistaken identities.

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