Best Summer Camp!

Best Summer Camp!

Pigeon Key has once again been awarded Marathon’s Best Summer Camp THREE years in a row! Pigeon Key staff attended the Best of Marathon awards ceremony on September 16 to accept our award. It was a wonderful night for all, and we are entirely grateful to our...
Creature Feature: Nurse Sharks

Creature Feature: Nurse Sharks

If you’ve visited Pigeon Key before, you’ve probaby noticed we have a few resident Nurse Sharks in our saltwater pool. The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is one of many species of sharks we see in our waters in the Florida Keys. They are typically...
Education Season 2023 Recap

Education Season 2023 Recap

The 2023 education season for Pigeon Key has come to an end, and what fun it has been! It’s been another amazing year on the island filled with tidepooling, snorkeling, learning about Florida Keys marine life, and much more. Over the education season, we had...
Marine Habitats: Mangroves

Marine Habitats: Mangroves

If you’ve been to the Florida Keys, you’ve almost certainly seen trees growing along the coast, sometimes with their roots fully submerged in the saltwater! These are called mangroves, which are trees specialized for living in saltwater environments and are very...
Ghost Fishing: The Silent Killer

Ghost Fishing: The Silent Killer

On Pigeon Key, when doing debris cleanups, one of the most commonly found items is fishing gear. Discarded fishing gear is a huge problem for our oceans, as it harms thousands of our favorite marine animals every year through ghost fishing, which happens when animals...