Marine Science Center

Experience Florida's marine environments as you journey through a mangrove estuary and make it past one of Florida's well known insects, watch out, she bites. Then marvel at the size of a Humpback Whale skull and take a moment to sit and enjoy our living reef aquarium. Then, it is on to the freshwater turtles and look through our window into the turtle rehabilitation area. You may see one of our staff helping a patient. Journey past a dune habitat and look inside the cross section of a sea turtle nest. These hatchlings will make their way across the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean and here in our Jetty exhibit you will view a wide variety of local fish. In the center of our Gallery we have a 5,000 gallon hexagonal artificial reef aquarium and then, get your hands wet "“ literally "“ at our stingray touch pool that features cownose rays.