Upcoming Events

Sarah Beggerly and Analisa Duran during NEST program for sea turtle nesting survey, in collaboration with Frost

NEST Excavation for Sea Turtles (NEST) Program

NEST is a new, limited-edition program available during the summer in partnership with the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Frost Science).

Participants will learn about sea turtle conservation through a hands-on activity, nature walk on Virginia Key Beach and observing a nest excavation, an opportunity to look inside a sea turtle nest after it hatches.

Nest excavations take place three days after a sea turtle nest hatches and can only be completed by a person authorized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Frost Science Education Team will talk guests through the process and purpose of a nest excavation while we excavate the nest (under permit #153).

Private Event Inquiry

Interested in a vegetation removal and beach cleanup?

Volunteers will help remove and document non-native and exotic plant species, as well as cleanup marine debris!

For more information on what we do, click HERE.

Ryan Solow, Rebecah Delp, Katelyn McGuigan, volunteering for Evolution of Darwin Beach, planting native sea oats

Darwin Beach Enhancement Event

July 20, 9am-11am

4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Key Biscayne, FL 33149

MORAES would like to invite you to help us on Darwin Beach! We've made great progress returning the beach to a natural coastline ecosystem here in South Florida and we're nearing the finish line! For this event we'll be focused on planting native species, cleaning up any trash or debris we find on the beach, and continuing to create an educational trail. For this event, we will be partnering with Miami Waterkeeper! We'd love to have all the help we can get!

A special thank you to our project sponsors: Athletic Brewing Company and Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation. Without their support, we simply would not be able to do this project.