October 15 2016

As fall arrives on Long Island, spring is warming up in the Southern Hemisphere and penguins from Africa to Antarctica are getting into high gear for the breeding season. Learn all about penguins, their behavior and diet and life cycle, and meet local scientists working in Antarctica to better understand and protect these amazing creatures.

Do not miss Dr. Heather Lynch on October 15th, the Penguin expert from Stony brook University.

Picture and more information available @ https://lynchlab.com/ and

http://you.stonybrook.edu/somasmcp/faculty/lynch/

Pr. Dianna Padilla and her team informed enthusiastic visitors about invasive species and how we can all limit the spread of these unwelcome guests. Dianna nicely distributed the children’s book Fish Invaders at Gypsy Point: Katie and George Learn About Alternatives to Aquarium Dumping by Grace V. Nimnualrat,  Anne Marie Wotkyns, George H. Zaleski, Linda Walters, University of Central Floridaand Susan Zaleski.

What a great success!

Dr. Janet Nye and graduate students Emily Markowitz,  Haikun Xu, Hanlu Huang and Teresa Schwemmer (Stony Brook University) at Long Island Aquarium on Saturday 20th August. They braved the storm and  spent wonderful time with Girls Scouts and many excited visitors.