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Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Inside a sofa-size aquarium, a black-and-white striped sheepshead and a small school of shiny Gulf menhaden swim above a southern flounder lying like a plate in the sand.

In New Tours, University of Texas’ Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas Features Aquatic Creatures

In New Tours, University of Texas’ Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas Features Aquatic Creatures

A venerable loggerhead turtle named Barnacle Billie, a roseate spoonbill named Boomerang, and other rehabilitated aquatic and shore creatures are on display this week for the first organized public tours of the Amos Rehabilitation Keep—ARK for short—at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas.

Starting This Weekend, Black Birders Week Shares the Joy of Nature and Science With All

Starting This Weekend, Black Birders Week Shares the Joy of Nature and Science With All

Wildlife biologist Danielle Belleny, the co-founder of Black Birders Week, grew up loving animals and spending many a summer visiting her grandparents’ place in Lockhart, where she would venture around their 13-acre property and help take care of the horses, chickens, pigs,and cows they raised.

The Science Mill in Johnson City Celebrates its 4th Birthday With a New Exhibit

The Science Mill in Johnson City Celebrates its 4th Birthday With a New Exhibit

The Science Mill, Johnson City’s flagship science museum and education center, is debuting a 1,000-square-foot Aquaponics Greenhouse, which explores how fish and plants growing together in a symbiotic relationship can create healthy food that doesn’t deplete the environment.

5 Texas Cities Where You Can Discover Your Inner Science Geek

5 Texas Cities Where You Can Discover Your Inner Science Geek

The Texas Gulf Coast, where the North American continent descends into the Gulf of Mexico’s salty waters, harbors a steamy mix of marshes, bays, beaches, and ocean. Over the years, scientific institutions and conservation groups gravitated to this rich environment to establish laboratories, preserves, rescues, and aquariums dedicated to studying and protecting its diversity of life. We know most travelers escape to the coast to while away time on the beach, but we also know that such experiences take on greater meaning with a little educational insight. Here we’ve put together a science-by-the-sea road trip—a syllabus for discovering the most scintillating of salty facts.

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