{"id":117964,"date":"2026-01-14T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117964\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:30:06","slug":"lunch-learn-returns-with-20-animals-you-didnt-know-existed-key-biscayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117964\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch &#038; Learn returns with \u201c20 animals you didn\u2019t know existed\u201d | Key Biscayne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month\u2019s Lunch &amp; Learn was such a success, it\u2019s officially back for round two.<\/p>\n<p>For the January edition of the Citizen Science Project Lunch &amp; Learn, organizer Rumya Sundaram will present Part Two of \u201cBeyond the Usual Suspects: 20 Animals You Didn\u2019t Know Existed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Sundaram has earned a Master of Professional Science in Fisheries Management and Conservation, a Master of Science and Policy and bachelor\u2019s degrees in Biological Sciences and Studio Art.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Key Biscayne will get to keep learning from her collection of expert insights.<\/p>\n<p>The Lunch &amp; Learn, which is catered by Milanezza, will take place at noon, on Jan. 15, at the Key Biscayne Community Center\u2019s Island Room. It is free for KBCC Members and $10 for Non-Members.<\/p>\n<p>The Key Biscayne Community Foundation created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbcf.org\/programs\/citizen-scientist-project\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23338969833&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoTb4fKgBHmVuyDMfgF6cfW2bcEWD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA95fLBhBPEiwATXUsxC9i00tRFrhiTBSsQoajKmVYXwulUUIYl6pyri1xidP78i6fXKVOkhoCgFsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Citizen Science Program<\/a> to educate the public with meaningful community programming.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizen Science Project&#8217;s mission is to protect the natural resources on Key Biscayne and Virginia Key, educate the public about environmental issues, and provide hands-on opportunities to protect local ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>RSVP is required! Visit the KBCC front desk or call (305) 365-8900 to register or for questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last month\u2019s Lunch &amp; Learn was such a success, it\u2019s officially back for round two. For the January&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59329,49786,59330,126,59328,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-117964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-citizen-science-project","tag-educational","tag-educational-event","tag-key-biscayne","tag-lunch-and-learn","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}