The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Join us virtually as Whitney Laboratory scientists and educators share our research and animals!
We miss all of you and wanted to continue providing lifelong learning to our community. September would normally be the start of our Evenings at Whitney fall lecture series. As we prepare to be able to deliver it safely at Whitney's Lohman Auditorium we have launched a short science series virtually to join together!
Pleaes join us for Sip 'N Science - Until we can get back together again! Once you register just login on the dates to watch, grab a beverage of your choice, or enjoy our links to recipes.
There will be a 20 minute webinar with a Q&A interactive discussion afterwards. Registration is required. We hope you can join us!
Shown live on April 22, 2021
Bivalves, especially clams, have historically been an integral part of the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem, however, recent overfishing and environmental degradation have led to the loss of these critical ecosystem components. Filter feeding organisms of all sizes contribute to water clarity and quality in shallow coastal ecosystems, and as such, play a significant role in the survival of other important ecosystem components such as seagrasses.
Dr. Todd Osborne shares the current Indian River lagoon Clam Restoration initiative that combines proven aquaculture techniques with sound science to bring clams back into their role as water purifiers on Florida’s Space Coast.
Shown live on March 11, 2021
Tracking animals has historically been a major focus throughout the millennia, whether for obtaining food or understanding environmental fluctuations, and much has been learned by merely watching. The same can be said about looking at small things, such as cells in an embryo.
Dr. Elaine Seaver gives examples of important principles of normal embryo development by simply ‘watching’ cells move through space and time.
Shown live on 2/11/2021
Clark shares the Whitney Lab's project of tracking and monitoring red drum fish movement and migration patterns in Northeast Florida. He provides details of how acoustic telemetry is used to understand local fish habitat usage, and how this work is helping identify and protect critical spawning and nursery areas to impact conservation.
Shown live on 1/14/21
Shown live on 12/10/20
Drink Recipe - Make Your Own Mango Banana Smoothie with Kombucha!
Shown live on 11/19/20
Catherine shares our recent sea turtle stories and their care, and latest news from the Sea Turtle Hospital at Whitney Laboratory.
Shown live on 10/8/20
In this webinar Brenda shares creatures from our lab's backyard, the Matanzas River Basin. Learn about mollusks, starfish and anemones found in our local environment here in Northeast Florida. These marine animals are shared with over 5,000 youth in our education program each year. Brenda presents to you some of our most loved animals in our program!
Drink Recipe - Make Your Own Fall Party Punch!
*Shown live on 9/17/20
During his talk Dr. Liao will explore: the ability of animals to sense and navigate complex environments is unrivaled by even the most sophisticated robots known to humans. Nowhere is this more challenging to understand than in the three-dimensional environment of water, where animals are unconstrained by gravity, often in turbulence flows, and appendages and bodies are at the mercy of complex water interactions.
Fishes, which comprise over half of all living vertebrates, have an exquisite way to negotiate turbulence. Dr. Liao will share what his team's research has shown in understanding how fish swim in unsteady flows, and how by studying nature’s designs we can reveal insights into some of the biggest challenges in engineering and robotics.