The University of Texas-Pan American Coastal Studies Laboratory studies and exhibits marine life such as crustaceans, marine vertebrates and plant life. There are several aquariums and a touch table with a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, alligator gar, stingray tail, dolphin skull, shark jaws, sea whip coral, coral head, whale fossil, skull of a False Killer Whale and a prehistoric femur bone of a mammoth.
Open Sunday through Friday, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Admission is free but you do have to pay the entry fee to get into Isla Blanca Park.
(956) 761- 2644
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