Aug 22, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey The campus at Marine Discovery Center became one of Florida’s newest Motus tracking stations on August 13, expanding the North American network and enhancing Florida’s east coast range used to track movements of such flying species as tagged birds,...
Jun 16, 2025
June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day, and we thought it would be fun to celebrate by getting to know someone who works with real sea turtles! Karrie Minch is a biologist with Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and is affiliated with FWC’s...
May 29, 2024
By Lisa D. Mickey Seeing is believing and adult students in Marine Discovery Center’s Marine Habitat Restoration class got that opportunity recently when they traveled to the Florida Keys for field studies. Offered by MDC for the third year as a special topics class...
May 14, 2024
Our mission at Marine Discovery Center is to protect and restore Florida’s coastal ecosystems, which are home to an incredible diversity of wildlife – including sea turtles! While turtles are often seen popping their heads up for a breath offshore or even...
Mar 6, 2024
By Lisa D. Mickey It’s hard to wrap your brain around one million pounds of oyster shells. But for Marine Discovery Center’s Shuck & Share Oyster Recycling program, it’s even harder to think of those shells going into the county landfill rather than into the...
Jan 4, 2024
By Lisa D. Mickey The gourds are up! And now, the Southeast Volusia Audubon Society (SEVAS) chapter is ready for the purple martins to move in. As part of its Purple Martin Project, SEVAS held the third annual “Gourd Raising” ceremony adjacent to the bird garden on ...
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