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“Southwest Florida's Water Quality Challenges and the Urgent Need to Complete Everglades Restoration" By James Evans, Environmental Policy Director, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation James’s presentation will explore Florida's water quality issues from the...
“Shells and Bad Water: Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Mollusks” By José H. Leal, Ph.D., Interim Director & Curator, Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum The presenter will discuss the some of the most recent finds and facts about the influence of ocean acidification on mollusks. Mollusks are small, slow-moving, slimy creatures that are barely noticed...
“Blue Revolution: A Water Ethic for America and Florida” By Cynthia Barnett, Award-Winning Environmental Journalist Water defines us as Floridians no matter where we live: Idyllic beaches surround us on three sides. Rivers and streams flow for ten thousand miles through the peninsula. We’re blessed with nearly eight thousand lakes and a thousand more freshwater...
Science Director and Curator Dr. José H. Leal presents a selection of exceptional images from the new exhibition In Focus: Precision Photography of Extraordinary and Uncommon Shells which will be...
Dr. Melissa May leads Florida Gulf Coast University’s oyster monitoring research program in Estero Bay. Oysters are mollusks and essential members of coastal water ecosystems. These shelled animals play an important role in the health of water and their reefs provide homes and food for other marine animals. They act as indicators for declines in...
oin squid expert Rebecca Mensch as she presents about the Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid. For millennia the Giant Squid has captured the imagination and inspired tales of sea beasts such as the kraken. Because of the extreme depths these magnificent mollusks live in, many questions about these animals have gone unanswered until the...
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum’s free online lecture series continues on Thursday, October 12th at 5:30pm with The Charisma of Cowries, led by Dr. José H. Leal, Museum Science Director and Curator. Cowries have played significant roles in human culture going back tens of thousands of years. Their shapes, sizes, and colors exert an attraction...
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium announces its fall lecture series, which will be offered live via Zoom and free for registrants. “Towards a New Great Hall of Shells” by Dr. José H. Leal, Ph.D., Science Director and Curator, and Sam Ankerson, Executive Director, Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium. In fall 2024 the...
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium announces its fall lecture series, which will be offered live via Zoom and free for registrants. “Carrier Shells: Nature’s Original Shell Collector” by Gary Kidder, Collections Manager for Malacology and Inventory, Houston Museum of Natural Science. Collecting shells may seem like a strictly human endeavor but one group...