Aquarium News

• Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum offering free days over MLK weekend
  
  With valid ID or proof of residence, guests can visit three neighboring institutions at Chicago's Museum Campus free of charge on various days.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 15 Jan 2020.
• Cat smacks head-first into aquarium glass when it tries to catch owner's fish
  
  The clip, recorded last week in the city of Perm, central Russia, shows the white cat perched on a sofa opposite the aquarium before it launches itself at the tank, smashing into the glass.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 9 Jan 2020.
• Shedd Aquarium announces 2020 free days
  
  The Shedd Aquarium has announced its free admission days for 2020.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 9 Jan 2020.
• Can Scientists Protect North Atlantic Right Whales by Counting Them From Space?
  
  A new collaboration between the New England Aquarium and the engineering firm Draper seeks to use satellite sonar and radar data to create a global watch
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 6 Jan 2020.
• Scuba diver dances with shark at aquarium in Russian shopping centre
  
  Surreal footage shows the diver holding one of the animal's fins while he wraps his right arm around it at the oceanarium in the Neptune shopping mall in St Petersburg.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 31 Dec 2019.
• Christmas arrival offers 'ray of hope' for endangered species
  
  The arrival of a male Henle's river ray will help the endangered species, an aquarium says.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 24 Dec 2019.
• This Electric Eel Is Shocking Around the Christmas Tree
  
  The Tennessee Aquarium's internet-famous eel, Miguel Wattson, is powering Christmas lights in the exhibit
  Smithsonian.  Friday, 6 Dec 2019.
• Noeel: Electric Eel Lights Up Christmas Tree In Tennessee
  
  Every time the electric eel named Miguel Wattson releases a jolt of electricity, a festively decorated Christmas tree next to his tank at the Tennessee Aquarium flickers and glows.
  NPR.  Wednesday, 4 Dec 2019.
• This Biological Battery Inspired By Electric Eels Could Soon Power Your Pacemaker
  
  Sometimes used by aquariums to light Christmas trees, electric eels are teaching scientists how to create bio-batteries that can keep your implantable medical devices functioning forever.
  Forbes.  Saturday, 30 Nov 2019.
• Kempinski Bali introduces Bali's First Aquarium Dining Experience at Koral
  
  Guests are invited to an underwater world of bistronomic delights at Koral, the highly-anticipated new aquarium dining experience at The Apurva Kempinski Bali. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Friday, 15 Nov 2019.
• Surrogate-reared sea otters helped restore threatened population
  
  The population of threatened southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California, has made a significant comeback as a result of Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sea Otter Program. ...
  Science Daily.  Monday, 23 Sep 2019.
• Calamarigraphy? Aquarium gets silly with weird squid facts - CNET
  
  The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers up a thing that makes you go hmm.
  CNET.  Tuesday, 9 Jul 2019.
• Europe's biggest aquarium loses last hammerhead shark
  
  The last of 30 hammerhead sharks at the largest aquarium in Europe has died just eight years after they were first introduced.
  Sky News.  Monday, 29 Apr 2019.
• Aquarium apologises after 'thicc' sea otter tweet
  
  A California aquarium has apologised after unwittingly appropriating African American vernacular to describe the voluptuous body of a female sea otter.
  Sky News.  Friday, 21 Dec 2018.
• Aquarium Points Out Anatomical Error in Apple's Squid Emoji
  
  The siphon is not where it should be, and it has been that way for years.
  Mental Floss.  Thursday, 6 Dec 2018.

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