The following is a guest post by Noah Greenberg who wanted to share with us a cool new tool for comparing different public aqiuariums around the world It’s wintertime again, and for those of us that love marine life, the…
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Exhibit opens at Waikiki Aquarium
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN2ypEDoop0[/youtube] We wrote about the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands exhibit at the Waikiki Aquarium earlier this year and it finally opened in August. As the first major display in nearly six years at the aquarium, the NWHI exhibit features fish and…
Fresno Aquarium project continues to gain momentum
Some of you may already know of Tom Lang for his work keeping the Breeder’s Registry going but what you don’t know is that for the past few years, Tom Lang has been forging ahead with the Aquarius Aquarium Institute…
Virginia Aquarium uses RFID chips to help visitors ID fish
New technology at the Virginia Aquarium allows visitors to get more information on fish in an exhibit besides just asking “what fish is that?” A new exhibit called “Fish and Chips” uses microchips and an antenna to flash details and…
Long Island’s Atlantis Marine World announces major expansion
Long Island’s Atlantis Marine World just announced plans for a major expansion to the facility giving visitors a better look beneath the waves and beyond the ocean. This 97,498-square-foot, $24 million expansion, along with the 100 room, 70,000-square-foot hotel already…
Instant Ocean developer, pioneering researcher dies at 93
William E. Kelley Jr., the man behind the creation of Instant Ocean salt and the founding president of the Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, passed away earlier this month at the age of 93 and was buried yesterday…
Coral Husbandry book now available to buy, also free to download
Advances in Coral Husbandry in Public Aquariums is a different kind of coral reefing book. Instead of being produced by an aquarium hobbyist author, this new Coral Husbandry book was put together by some of the best public aquarists in…
Georgia Aquarium in 3D
Large-scale exhibits at public aquariums are always impressive, especially when you have the humongously graceful Whale Shark as part of the show. In case you haven’t been to the Georgia Aquarium, one crafty reader of the website BoingBoing put together this sweet…
Electric eel powers Christmas tree lights
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9wktSQdyaE[/youtube] A Japanese aquarium is going eco-friendly with its Christmas display — harnessing the output of an electric eel to illuminate the lights on the holiday tree. A pair of aluminum panels capture the energy every time the…
Friday Smorgasbord: Underwater edition
Another week under our belts and felt it was time for another fun rundown of some funs morsels we uncovered online. This Friday’s theme is all things underwater. Starting off we have this amazing display of art being displayed to…
