Manatee bones are extra heavy and dense, and yet they fracture more easily than your bones. Check out this fractured bone and learn what Dr. Gerry Pinto and Lucas Meers have to say about it. Resource links Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Manatee Program Where can you see manatees in Florida? Information for […]
Vilanzo the manatee was beached and cold stressed, but got some new friends while he was rescued, rehabilitated, and released back into the wild by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens – watch his story here. Resource Links Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Manatee Critical Care Center (Where Vilanzo […]
Watch students and faculty from Jacksonville University, The Foundation Academy, and The Bolles School make drifter buoys and track ocean currents with NOAA satellites. Resource Links Transcript More information about the drifters in the video Jacksonville University The Foundation Academy The Bolles School JU Students Voyage Atlantic Ocean Through Tracking Buoy River Life: How […]
Get a preview of the stories in parts 2-8 of this Florida Sea Turtles video series. This video series is comprised of the individual chapters from our full-length Sea Turtles… Threats and Solutions feature for easier viewing. Sea Turtles can use all the help they can get. Learn about efforts to conserve these animals (and […]
Is Nanotyrannus lancensis actually its own species, or just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex? Hint: teeth matter. Join Paleontologist Mike Triebold as he explains a bit about this controversy at the Darwin & Dinosaurs exhibit at the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville, Florida. Continue Reading below to view all Darwin & Dinosaur videos and resources. Transcript […]
Follow Pip the endangered loggerhead sea turtle as she leaves Ponte Vedra Beach as a young hatchling, grows to be a magnificent adult that must elude sharks, and migrate vast distances in order to come back to the beach she hatched on to start a new generation of loggerheads in part 7 of our Florida […]
Differences in DNA, coat patterns, ossicones (the funny things sticking out of their heads), where they live, and dramatic population declines converge into an important conclusion that has urgent conservation implications – there are 4 species of giraffe, and they need to be saved. Join Faraja the giraffe, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Conservation Program Officer, […]
Bringing science and issues to the public, visitors to the Marine Science Research Institute learn about local science and nature through hands-on activities, demonstrations, and exhibits staffed by students, scientists, and advocates from Jacksonville University, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the St. Johns River Keeper. Transcript More about the MSRI: Marine Science […]
Sea Turtles can use all the help they can get. Learn about efforts to conserve these animals (and what you can do). Visit Conservation groups and go on turtle patrol in Ponte Vedra Beach. See lots of baby sea turtles rescued, and follow Pip, our animated loggerhead! Continue Reading to view all sea turtle videos and resources. […]
Highlighting nature, science, and technology with Northeast Florida connections. English and Spanish closed captions are available. Watch through the credits to see additional footage like dinosaur assembly.
