There’s Only One Snookie at Marine Discovery Center

There’s Only One Snookie at Marine Discovery Center

Just say the name Snookie (Mary) Demarce and anyone who knows this vivacious Minnesotan automatically smiles. When asked her age, she will tell you “76, like the trombones.” And when asked what she is driving these days, she will tell you “Vanessa [a van] and she only...
MDC’s February Lecture Explores Music Through Nature

MDC’s February Lecture Explores Music Through Nature

What does the natural world sound like when data becomes music? Join internationally recognized interdisciplinary artist Aric Attas for a STEAM artist talk exploring how science, data and creativity come together through sound. In his Discovery Lecture Series...
Right Whales To Be Discussed in MDC’s January Lecture

Right Whales To Be Discussed in MDC’s January Lecture

*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...
Jake and Heidi Morgan: Happy to “Be A Small Part” of MDC

Jake and Heidi Morgan: Happy to “Be A Small Part” of MDC

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...
MDC Receives FNPS Landscape Award of Excellence

MDC Receives FNPS Landscape Award of Excellence

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...