Category: News

On April 11, Senior Herpetologist Bill Hughes received a report of an egg located in the Fly River exhibit. Given the sexual immaturity of the exhibit’s Fly River (or …

Just weeks after the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) posted on Facebook about the influx of leatherback sea turtles to the Lowcountry, SCDNR and South Carolina Aquarium staff …

The Tennessee Aquarium is always seeking ways to minimize its impact on the environment and wild populations of animals. To maintain the health of species that reproduce in human …

Do you know where the plastic straw you used in your iced latte or soda goes after you toss it in the trash? Many end up in landfills but …

Canary rockfish are one of the most eye-catching fish in the Aquarium’s cold water exhibits, but there are not as many of them in the ocean as there used …

“No two days are the same!” That’s a sentiment echoed by many on the Seattle Aquarium facilities team, which handles a broad array of tasks in the areas of …

Pigeons, squirrels, gulls, raccoons and…octopuses? We’re all familiar with the many animals that live among us as they forage for food and navigate around buildings and parks throughout the …

Meadows of grass growing below the surface of Puget Sound? It may not be the same as the grass on your local playfield—but it’s there, and it serves a …

Plastics are everywhere—including in our shellfish Last year, scientists at Belgium’s Ghent University released a sobering study revealing that shellfish lovers may be ingesting up to 11,000 particles of …

Here at the Aquarium we have plenty of incredible things to see right inside our building—but sometimes, if we’re lucky, we get a special treat just off the pier. …