MDC Aquarist Intern Set to Serve as Summer Camp Counselor

MDC Aquarist Intern Set to Serve as Summer Camp Counselor

Marine Discovery Center intern Zoe Stuckwisch certainly knows her way around the center after 1½ years of hands-on experience with everything from aquaria, exhibit maintenance, and conservation deployments in the Shuck & Share shoreline restoration program to sea...
Meet MDC’s 2025 Summer Camp Staff

Meet MDC’s 2025 Summer Camp Staff

Mia Why did you apply to be a lead summer instructor? I started volunteering at MDC in the summer 2021 and was a lead counselor summer 2024. This has brought so much joy into my life. I have been able to impact campers by teaching them about wildlife, both in and near...
Roddenberry Receives MDC’s Conservation Hero Award

Roddenberry Receives MDC’s Conservation Hero Award

New Smyrna Beach native Annie Morgan Roddenberry has been named as the 2025 recipient of Marine Discovery Center’s Rhizophora Conservation Hero Award. MDC presents its Rhizophora Award to individuals and entities working to make a positive impact on the health of the...
Meet MDC Gardener Mark Morgan

Meet MDC Gardener Mark Morgan

You would never know the guy with the big hat out weeding MDC’s native plant garden on his hands and knees was a former training engineer and quality manager at Kennedy Space Center, or later, the former director of institutional research and associate vice president...
May Lecture Explores Why NSB Is “Shark Bite Capital”

May Lecture Explores Why NSB Is “Shark Bite Capital”

Shark biologist Eric Sander will be the guest speaker in May for the Discovery Lecture Series at Marine Discovery Center. The presentation, “Why New Smyrna Beach Is Called the Shark Bite Capital of the World,” will be held on Thursday, May 1, at 6 p.m. Sander will...
MDC Volunteer Learned Compassion from Autistic Twin

MDC Volunteer Learned Compassion from Autistic Twin

It’s fair to say Gage Guinter is wise beyond his 19 years. And his dedication to help others runs deep, thanks to his lifelong experience of helping autistic twin brother Griffin navigate day-to-day life. “As a kid, I had a little bit more responsibility than most,”...