Dec 30, 2025
*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...
Nov 25, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey Jana Caswell has spent her career working in human resources in the hospitality industry, but her work life began right out of college as a tour guide leading school kids around historic landmarks in Washington, D.C. She soon moved into corporate...
Oct 30, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey Jake and Heidi Morgan have been in New Smyrna Beach for the last two decades and have stayed involved with Marine Discovery Center since their arrival. Jake served in the U.S. Navy as a carrier pilot in Vietnam before becoming a commercial pilot with...
Sep 25, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey Marine Discovery Center has received the Florida Native Plant Society’s (FNPS) 2025 Landscape Award of Excellence. It is an annual honor determined by a jury of professionals, practitioners and native plant advocates recognizing projects that advance...
Sep 23, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey Joe and Margaret Anglin have been familiar faces at MDC for many years, moving to New Smyrna Beach in 2008 after living for 30 years in Maitland while working in Orlando. The couple had each retired when they moved here and considered their adult...
Aug 26, 2025
by Lisa D. Mickey Cheryl Hood and Holly Perpall moved to Port Orange in 2013, and once they retired in 2015, both began volunteering at Marine Discovery Center. Cheryl had worked in professional liability insurance with medical malpractice, while Holly, who holds a...
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