The ORCA Eye-In-The-Sea To Study Ocean Wildlife...
Ft. Pierce, Florida - October 28, 2009 | ...This past weekend, ORCA and MBARI researchers deployed a pig carcass as bait in front of the ORCA Eye-in-the-Sea to help determine the type and quantity of wildlife that exist in this part of the ocean. The ORCA Eye-in-the-Sea streams live video 24 hours a day which can be viewed on ORCA’s website. The camera’s recordings and discoveries will lead to better understanding... Story

ORCA's Top Scientist Receives Conservationist of the Year Award
Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 21, 2009 | Dr. Edith “Edie”Widder, co-founder, president and senior scientist of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), has received the Conservation Alliance of St. Lucie County’s Environmentalist of the Year award. Dr.Widder was recognized for her leadership in developing the ORCA Kilroy, a new water quality monitoring system deployed to help protect the Indian River Lagoon.

Technology Protects Critically Endangered Goliath Grouper
Ft. Pierce, Florida - November 19, 2008 | The Ocean Research & Conservation
Association (ORCA) and its collaborators announced today the world's first use of an
acoustic underwater camera to survey juveniles of goliath grouper in mangrove habitats.
This high tech sonogram finds the baby giants tucked away in mangrove nurseries.

Dr. Widder wins MacArthur Fellowship
Ft. Pierce, Florida - September 19, 2006 | Dr. Edith Widder, President & Senior Scientist of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2006. She will receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years under the terms of the award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.