Aquarium delivers lab-grown corals to ocean in the Florida Keys
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor the first time ever the Florida Aquarium in Tampa has successfully delivered coral grown in a...
Florida Aquarium crossbred wild and lab corals in landmark breakthrough
Tribune Publishing via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Florida Aquarium reached another major milestone in its mission to restore the coral reefs, thanks to crossbreeding and cryopreservation. Scientists bred grooved brain corals collected near ...
7 penguins die from unknown cause at Florida aquarium
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoOfficials at a Florida aquarium are looking for answers after seven penguins died suddenly. The...
Seven Florida Aquarium penguins dead of unknown causes
Tribune Publishing via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven of the Florida Aquarium’s African penguins died of unknown causes, Aquarium officials announced in a media release Thursday. The Aquarium is monitoring its remaining penguins’ health and ...
Tampa’s Florida Aquarium just had its best attendance since it opened in 1995
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Florida Aquarium just saw its best attendance since it opened at the edge of downtown Tampa 27 years ago. In 2022, nearly 925,000 people poured into the conservation-based facility along ...
Florida Aquarium announces $40M expansion with a new habitat
WFTV via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFor the first time on the west coast of Florida, the Florida Aquarium will feature sea lions as part...
Officials: 7 penguins die at Florida Aquarium
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven African penguins have died at The Florida Aquarium , officials announced Thursday. Initial necropsy results were inconclusive, but the Tampa facility's veterinary team is conducting further ...
Bill Crown, driving force behind Tampa’s Florida Aquarium, dies at 80
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBill Crown, who led a decadelong push to fund and build the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, has died. Crown was diagnosed in December with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, according to his family’s funeral ...
How Tampa’s stingrays and penguins died is still a mystery. It may stay that way.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven weeks later and six miles away, seven African penguins at the Florida Aquarium died over the course of a few days. “I’ve been an animal protection lawyer for 10 years, and I can’t think ...
Florida Aquarium wants to make big splash in social, environmental justice
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn what it says is a cutting-edge move for a zoological institution, the Florida Aquarium announced this week the hiring of a new senior vice president to oversee a push into social-justice ...