The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is Alabama's primary marine education and research center.

DISL is the home site of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium and was founded by an act of the Alabama State Legislature in 1971.

The facilities are located on the East end of Dauphin Island, and occupy grounds formerly owned by the US Air Force for the 693rd Radar Squadron.

[2] The George F. Crozier Estuarium is part of the Discovery Hall educational program at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

[3] It was announced in August 2014 that the Dauphin Island Sea Lab would open a new 2,300 square feet (210 m2) research facility in mid-2015 dedicated to studying dolphin, manatee and whale strandings on the Alabama Gulf Coast.