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Acqualina Resort & Spa in South Florida offers summer deals
Postcards from FloridaWith gas prices at a record high, the Staycation concept is still alive and well for Floridians. So check out the Acqualina Resort's June Staycation Package, which offers 50 percent off one night of a stay of three or more nights, Sunday through Thursday,... -
Garrison has plans to step out on his own terms
COSTA MESA — When Tom Garrison left the Navy, he had to decide between becoming a physician, or a teacher.
After teaching marine science at Orange Coast College over 42 years, Garrison is preparing to end his career right where it started without...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Entertainment, Retirement, Career and Workplace
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Mesa Musings: Good ol' Back Bay recalled fondly
I experienced my coolest fieldtrip ever in the spring of 1956. I was enrolled in Mr. Gilbert's sixth-grade class at the Lindbergh School at Orange Avenue and 23rd Street in Costa Mesa. Gilbert's class visited the white cliffs of … Dover? No, it...Tags: Science and Technology, Salt, Wetlands, Science, Natural Resources
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Chasing Down The Muse: Reversing the course of species extinction
"The last fallen mahogany would lie perceptibly on the landscape, and the last black rhino would be obvious in its loneliness, but a marine species may disappear beneath the waves unobserved and the sea would seem to roll on the same as always." —&...Tags: Wildlife, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Mexico, Landforms
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Textbook company official: âWe teach evolution, and we teach it to the Sunshine State standards.â
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe criticized “sidebar” passages in a marine science textbook proposed for Florida high schools were meant to be a “critical thinking exercise for students” and not a way to undermine the teaching of evolution, said a vice... -
Marine Science Center features new stingray touch tank
Beach Beat - Orlando SentinelA new touch tank featuring stingrays opened to the public this week at Volusia County's Marine Science Center. The 13-foot-long, 1,400-gallon pool has cownose rays and Atlantic stingrays, Atlantic spadefish, horseshoe crabs, anemones, sea urchins, and... -
Turtle Day celebrated at Marine Science Center on Saturday
Beach Beat - Orlando SentinelThis Saturday is the 9th annual Turtle Day at the Marine Science Center in Volusia County. Turtle Day festivities, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., include several family-friendly exhibits and activities at the Center, located in Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona... -
Volusiaâs Marine Science Center offering Bird Fest on Saturday
Beach Beat - Orlando SentinelThe Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet will hold its sixth annual Bird Fest on Saturday. Visitors can learn about bird migration, watch a free-flying raptor demonstration, and witness the release of rehabilitated sea birds and a sea turtle. The event... -
Donate old gear to biodiversity research
Animal Crazy - Orlando SentinelReptile & Amphibian Ecology International, a nonprofit conservation ecology organization, has announced a program that puts used cameras and other equipment to work for promoting the science and art of biodiversity. Through the program, RAEI accepts... -
Volunteer work at Marine Science Center wins man a free cruise
Beach Beat - Orlando SentinelMost days, you can find Jim Longstreet at the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet, volunteering his time to help the sea turtle rehab and the seabird rehab programs. “Retirement is great. I paddle my kayak to work, I am doing something I lo... -
Scripps researchers: Pacific trash threatens marine animals
FOX 5 San Diego StaffResearchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography say a Texas-sized garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean may be killing marine life and birds that are ingesting the trash. Scientists on Thursday announced findings from an August expedition to the...Tags: Science and Technology, Oceans, Science, Bodies of Water, Death
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Meteorologists and mammals predict El Nino
FOX 5 Reporter"An El Nino basically is where there is a warming of the sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific," said Stefanie Sullivan, meteorologist intern with the National Weather Service. "Winds that move across the equator weaken and so that warm water...Tags: Science and Technology, Productivity, Weather, Oceans, Biology
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