Native Bats will be the focus of Marine Discovery Center’s October Discovery Lecture Series. Ariel Horner (pictured below), a board member of the Florida Bat Conservancy, will be the guest presenter on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m., in MDC’s Learning Lab. If you have...
Have you ever wondered what is being done to clean up the large collection of trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? That will be the focus of a special-topic presentation in September for our Discovery Lecture Series. Tenille Maher will present “Journey to the...
You might meet Marine Discovery Center volunteer Jackie Creedon at the Welcome Desk, or learn about the animals in the tanks in the exhibit area when she works there as a docent, or spend time with her as a kayak-tour sweep on MDC’s kayak eco-tours. The Pennsylvania...
“Creating Space for the Sounds of Nature” will be the focus of Marine Discovery Center’s September Discovery Lecture Series. Eve Payor, Community Arts Director for Atlantic Center for the Arts, will be the guest presenter on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. Payor is a...
By Lisa D. Mickey A lot has changed on the grounds of 520 Barracuda Boulevard in a little over two decades. Chad Truxall, then a rookie science teacher in his 20s, launched his career in education in 1999 and taught at New Smyrna Beach High School for five years at...
By Lisa D. Mickey At Marine Discovery Center, they are affectionately called “the Volcano family.” And for good reason. That’s because the pursuit of a family activity at MDC turned into a family passion to create the non-plastic material utilized by MDC’s...
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