The award-winning Tybee Island Marine Science Center Podcast kicks off season four from the Shipwatch Loft at North Beach with host Jessica Leigh Lebos and superstar guest Chantal Audran, Executive Director of the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, to preview major updates.

Chantal highlights new exhibit clusters, including the center’s first cultural exhibit on Gullah Geechee coastal cultures featuring ethnobotany and medicinal plants, plus a maritime knot-tying exhibit incorporating a salvaged yardarm from the ship Barbara Negra.

The conversation also covers a newly arrived octopus (brought in through catch-and-release collection) and a new sea turtle hatchling, alongside upcoming releases. Chantal also shares some recent, wonderful news of her own!

They discuss diamondback terrapin rescue, mortality research on Highway 80, egg recovery and incubation with Georgia Southern, and announce the April 25 Turtle Trot 5K fundraiser supporting Tybee’s sea turtle nesting season and education programs reaching 80,000 visitors annually.

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00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:28 Season Four Guest

01:44 New Exhibit Unveiling

02:20 Gullah Geechee Culture

03:40 Maritime Knot Station

05:52 Octopus Arrival Story

08:02 Sea Turtle Hatchlings

08:44 Chantal New Mom

11:31 Terrapin Season Prep

12:45 Terrapin Rescue Research

15:16 Eggs To Headstart

18:07 Sea Turtle Season

18:58 Turtle Trot Details

22:21 Education Pillar

24:44 Why Our Water Green

26:07 80K Visitors Impact

29:16 Closing Thanks