Shelby Danielsen of First Coast News shows new TSO… footage and talks to Lucas Meers and Anthony Ouellette about the mission of The Science Of
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 was rehabilitated)
Jacksonville Manatee Festival
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida Manatee Program
Educational Materials
Where can I see manatees?
Adaptations of Galápagos Tortoise shells illustrate adaptations and form-fits-function. Join Angus Carroll as he highlights saddle-shaped and dome-shaped shells in the Darwin & Dinosaurs exhibit at the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville, Florida.
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.
The first discoveries of an ichthyosaur and a plesiosaur are among Mary Anning’s accomplishments, which weren’t easy as a woman in 1800s England. Join Angus Carroll as he highlights Mary in the Darwin & Dinosaurs exhibit at the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville, Florida.
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.
Join a Sea Turtle Patrol in Ponte Vedra Beach as these volunteers conduct surveys of sea turtle nests in part 4 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. Continue Reading to view all sea turtle videos and resources.
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.
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.
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 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 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 viewing.
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.
