Evading Extinction in the Anthropocene: Guiding the Goliath Grouper
Learn about the biology and conservation of the goliath grouper and this huge fish’s importance to the fishing and diving industries in our region.
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Everglades to Estuaries
Join Florida Oceanographic Society and The Everglades Foundation for a free live update on the latest efforts to restore the Florida Everglades.
Everglades Restoration
Everglades Coalition
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Expedition Florida Camp | Ages 12-14
In this immersive camp, kids will get their hands wet, and their feet a little dirty, as they explore the natural wonders of the Treasure Coast!
Expert warns of potential for Lake Okeechobee discharges this winter
This summer, experts braced for a flurry of discharges from Lake Okeechobee that would threaten local waterways on the Treasure Coast, including the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon.
Exploring the Coontie Plant: A Resilient and Ancient Species of the Southeast
As an integral component of its native ecosystems, understanding the role of the Coontie plant is essential for conservation efforts and sustainable landscaping practices.
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Where are you located?
We are located on Hutchinson Island at 890…
Feathers in Focus Photo Contest - Update!
Celebrate Shorebirds Month with us by highlighting your most incredible local bird captures!
February 2020 Newsletter
Celebrate Invertebrates Month at the Coastal Center!
February 2021 Newsletter
Celebrate Gamefish!
February 2022 Newsletter
Celebrate Gamefish Month!
February 2023 Newsletter
Celebrate Gamefish Month at Florida Oceanographic
February 2024 Newsletter
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Fertilizer Fight: 55 groups pen letter to governor to veto fertilizer study, protect water
Nitrogen and Phosphorous can make your lawn beautiful, but they also feed blue-green algae and kill seagrass, critical to marine life in our waterways. Environmental groups want the governor to veto a plan they say will hurt local ecosystems.
Festival of Giving
Florida Oceanographic Society is excited to join The Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast’s Festival of Giving with our very own tree!
Field Trips
Field trips
Florida Oceanographic Society offers a variety of standards-based field trip and virtual field trip options for your students. These fun, interactive field trips make use of the Coastal Center property and our “Conservation Ambassador” animals to teach children from pre-K through…
Film Screening: “The Last of the Right Whales”
Join Florida Oceanographic and Oceana for a film screening of “The Last of the Right Whales”. Learn about the threats facing the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and what we can do to help save these gentle giants from extinction.
Fish Cam
Check out Our Gamefish LAgoon Live Stream!
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The Gamefish Lagoon is a 750,…
Flawed water-delivery system continues to imperil estuaries
"The water management system in South Florida is designed, engineered and operated to provide flood protection and water supply, but it obviously is being controlled to support the profit-driven agricultural industry around Lake Okeechobee."
FLOOR
Oysters are a keystone species within the IRL ecosystem and provide several critical ecosystem services such as filtering nutrients and particles from the water column and food for shorebirds and marine animals. Oyster reefs are habitat for numerous fish and marine invertebrates and break up wave…
Florida and federal wildlife officials team with FPL in plans to aid manatees
Wildlife officials, now teaming with the state’s largest electric utility, have approved an unusual step of feeding manatees that face another winter of limited food supplies in Florida waters.
