Eric Matyas

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Mr. Binnacle sends Dune and friends to the inlet to try to spot Buster, an endangered sea turtle whose tracking device is faltering. The search takes the kids through several coastal habitats and leads to encounters with some of the island’s native inhabi

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ SYNOPSIS: Get up close and personal with Bubba, a Great Horned Owl, who lives at the Marine Science Center. Mr. Binnacle talks with Laura, an educator at the Center, and learns: -Why Bubba is called a Great Horned Owl. -How his name is tied to science. -Why Bubba’s eyes are

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ Scientists estimate that about 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year. Mr. Binnacle talks with Shell Webster, the Education Coordinator at the Science Center, about micro plastics, tiny pieces of plastic that measure less than 5mm in size. He learns th

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ SYNOPSIS: Meet Tobias, a non-venomous pine snake that lives at the Marine Science Center. Mouth talks with Shell, the Director of Education, and learns all kinds of amazing things about Tobias and other kinds of snakes, like: Why Tobias’ scales feel rougher than those o

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ SYNOPSIS: Meet Kris Kringle, a feisty Florida box turtle who lives at the Marine science center. Dune talks with Shell Webster, the Director of Education, and learns all kinds of amazing thing about Mr. Kringle (and other turtles) like: -Why Kringle's shell is a bit flatten

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ EPISODE SYNOPSIS: The hunt is on for a legendary chest of treasure once belonging to Dune's naturalist grandfather. When Dune receives a set of cryptic clues that seem to be linked to the various ecosystems on the island, she and her friends set out to unravel the mystery

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Mouth discovers a discarded sandwich bag on the beach that suspiciously smells like one of Tiny's stinky sandwiches. Convinced that Tiny is the culprit, she sets out to catch him in the act of littering. Meanwhile, Jordi learns how deadly trash can be to

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ EPISODE SYNOPSIS: When Mouth accompanies Dune on her pelican assessment, she discovers that these amazing (and important) birds are as beautiful in flight as they are comical on land...to say nothing of their incredible "dive-bomber" fishing techniques! But life for pelican

PLEASE READ: "Dune's Island" is a free, donation-driven learning resource that I created. If you feel that my work is helpful, please consider making a small donation to support my efforts here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Upon returning from a weekend kayak trip, Mouth discovers that her favorite tern, Vern, was released back into the wild. Heartbroken that she didn't get to say goodbye to her feathered friend, she and Dune embark into the world of shorebirds and attempt t