How a UVM doctoral student turned science into social media hits

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Graham Montague snorkels in Vermont's ponds and lakes at night to capture footage of aquatic species.

His YouTube and Instagram videos combine underwater footage with educational and entertaining voice-overs.

Montague balances his video creation with his PhD studies on the state's Atlantic salmon population.

On an April walk with his dogs, Graham Montague circles a wetland pond with curiosity, wondering about the underwater world that lies below.

He comes back at nighttime. He puts on his wetsuit and snorkeling mask, turns on his GoPro and dive lights, wades into the water and starts filming the aquatic life: stickleback fish, pickerel frogs, painted turtles, even a beaver — which nearly swims into him — all living beneath the surface.

The resulting video, which