Laurilee Thompson To Speak on Lagoon’s Legacy

Laurilee Thompson To Speak on Lagoon’s Legacy

Laurilee Thompson, a lifelong native of Brevard County and former commercial angler, will be the guest speaker in March for the Discovery Lecture Series at Marine Discovery Center. Thompson’s presentation, “The Indian River Lagoon: A Treasure Worth Saving,” will be...
TD Bank Presents “Evolution of Fraud & Scams”

TD Bank Presents “Evolution of Fraud & Scams”

Our Discovery Lecture Series is generally held on the 1st Thursday of each month and involves environmental topics on Florida’s coastal and Indian River Lagoon ecosystems. Join us for a special topic lecture entitled “The Evolution of Fraud and...
MDC Volunteer Bob Pollard Lends a Hand in Many Ways

MDC Volunteer Bob Pollard Lends a Hand in Many Ways

Marine Discovery Center volunteer Bob Pollard is that quiet guy you might see in the center’s Learning Lab peering through a microscope and jotting down observations as a community scientist for Project Plankton. Or you may find him cleaning seagrass tanks, performing...
Bird Migration is Focus of MDC’s February Lecture

Bird Migration is Focus of MDC’s February Lecture

Halifax River Audubon President Joan Tague will be the guest speaker in February for our Discovery Lecture Series. She will present “The Wonder of Bird Migration,” on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in MDC’s Learning Lab. The Pennsylvania native became an avid...
Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Spend any amount of time with Marine Discovery Center volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane and you will learn that she’s not only a gifted and gregarious “people person,” but she has a mountain of interests and life experiences. For starters, she is a trained and paid hula...
MDC’s January Lecture Focuses on Right Whales

MDC’s January Lecture Focuses on Right Whales

*Photo: “Catalog #3546 ‘Halo’ and Calf” by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute under NOAA permit 26919. Julie Albert, director of the Blue World Research Institute’s Right Whale Sighting Network, will once again kick off the Discovery Lecture...