The area's system of barrier islands, sounds, and estuaries is rich in flora and fauna, and diverse habitats, including rivers, creeks, mud flats, sand beaches, dunes, marshes, peat bogs, cypress

The Duke Marine Lab makes space available to visiting groups on a first- come, first-served basis.

The Marine Lab is open to field trips, tours, and for use in research and teaching activities.

Thank you for your interest in the Duke Marine Lab located on Piver’s Island in coastal North Carolina.

Live view from Duke Marine Lab Pilkey Center

Take our 360 tour of Duke University Marine Laboratory. Check out the research, teaching and student life facilities that make spending a semester or summer on our Beaufort, N.C., campus such an