Join us for a series of free presentations about the oceans, local wildlife, and some history - led by the people who study them. Lectures are on Thursday evenings. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. Located at 855 East Cotter Avenue (near the beach), Port Aransas, Texas at the UT Marine Science Education Center auditorium. Programs sponsored by The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) and Mission-Aransas Reserve. To be notified by email of all public lectures, send your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.via email, or call 361-749-6741.

January 14 — Three Oceans and One Sea: Selected Adventures during an Oceanographer’s 50-year Sea Going Career by Tony Amos from UTMSI

January 21 — There’s Something Fishy Here by Dr. Ken Webb from UTMSI

January 28 — Pioneering Archaeology in the Texas Coastal Bend by Jace Tunnell from UTMSI and the Mission-Aransas Reserve

February 4 — Save the... sharks by Dr. Greg Stunz from the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

February 11 — Skywarn Storm Spotter Training by John Metz from the National Weather Service

February 18 — Dispatches from the Gulf: Research Updates from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by Drs. Ed Buskey, Andrew Esbaugh, Lee Fuiman, Zhanfei Liu, Hernando Bacosa, and graduate student, Meredith Evans from UTMSI

February 25 — Birds, Beast, and Conservation in the Northern Serengeti by Scott Holt from UTMSI

March 3 - No lecture this evening.

March 10 — Monarchs, Migration and Milkweed by Dr. Barbara Dorf from Big Tree Butterflies