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 […]
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 […]
Visit the Sea Turtle Conservancy to see how laws and technological advances have helped to save sea turtles in part 2 of our 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. Companion Guide Transcript
Learn about The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s statewide Sea Turtle Nesting and Monitoring program in part 3 of our Florida Sea Turtles video series.
Not all sea turtle nests are success stories, as you can learn from part 5 of our 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. Companion Guide Transcript
Watch baby loggerhead sea turtles get rescued from being trapped in a nest surrounded by compacted sand, in part 6 of our 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. Companion Guide 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 […]
Sea Turtles need all the help they can get – watch this short video to see some easy things that you can do to help them in part 8 of our 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 […]
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, […]
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.
