Shark Tagging with St. Thomas Aquinas High School
by Michelle Martinek, RJD Intern This most recent trip on Captain Curt’s trusty vessel is likely one that the RJ Dunlap team and guests will not soon forget. What started as a bleary eyed, early morning trip to the keys turned into quite the adventure courtesy of our unpredictable friend Mother Nature. In the […]
Shark Tagging with Island Christian School
by Jessica Wingar, RJD Intern What an interesting day out on the water. When I woke up that morning, I could feel that it was going to be a great day. As I was walking to my car, I checked the weather forecast; it said that there was little wind. I became very excited because […]
Video of the Week: Project Noah
As part of the MAF 579 course in Citizen and Participatory Science, guest speaker Yasser Ansari discusses his motivations and interests in founding Project Noah, a platform and app for documenting species diversity around the world. He spoke to the students via Skype. The course is part of the required curriculum for students in the […]
Finding “The Lost Year” Sea Turtles: The potential threats and conservation implications
by Ashley Hill, Marine conservation student Open ocean habitats are innately difficult to access. As a result, the majority of research on sea turtles is restricted to beach and coastal areas. However, there is a time span of several years from when hatchlings venture offshore to when the larger, juvenile turtles return to coastal waters. […]
Shark tagging with Westminster Christian School
by Dani Escontrela, RJD Intern It was another wonderful day of shark tagging. I was so excited to head out again I could hardly sleep and ended up waking up extra early. I rode down to the keys with Jake and soon enough we were at captain Curt’s house. We loaded the boat with the […]