A Side-by-Side Comparison The mix-up is understandable—both puffins and penguins are black-and-white sea birds, have an upright posture and are good swimmers. They both have names that start with “p” and end with “n.” But, the similarities between them pretty much end there. READ MORE Upcoming Events FEBRUARY 3, 2017 • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Black History Month Celebration
Loggerhead Update: We Have a New Hatchling! After Sheldon’s release in North Carolina last week, our team returned with a new hatchling as part of the Loggerhead Head Start program! MEET RAVEN The Not-So-Fast and Furious Get up close with the Aquarium’s youngest sloth, Fern. MEET FERN Marjorie Lynn Bank Lecture NOVEMBER 10, 2016 • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Jeff Mauritzen, Looking at the World with Wonder: How Adopting a Child’s Perspective of the World Could Help Save It NOVEMBER 17, 2016 • 6:30 PM – 9 PM Israel Sea the Future presented by
Our Happy Halloween is over, though scary topics, from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to the Donna Brazile resignation, continue to dominate our news feeds. Fortunately, we have the good news of the Cubs’ World Series win to lift our spirits – and with cool fall temperatures and great weather on the way, it’s a good time to step away from our computers and head to downtown Baltimore for some family fun. Port Discovery Children’s Museum has all sorts of fun events happening in November. When school is out for Election Day 2016, the museum
August 2016 is National Aquarium’s membership month. We are almost at the end yet we want to keep this party going! Harbor Park Garage is giving away a free day parking pass to 10 lucky winners in honor of membership month! This contest will run from today until the end of August 2016. So how do you win? You win by: Telling us of a memorable experience when you visited the National Aquarium in a 300 word article. That’s it! Simple right? Winning experiences will be featured here at Harbor Park Garage. Here are the rules
Just north of us, in Philadelphia, the atmosphere is heating up – thanks, in large part, to Tim Kaine and Debbie Wasserman Schultz – while here in Baltimore, our temperatures are through the roof and our baseball team is on fire, as Darren O’Day returns from the DL and we’ve seen action like the recent Nolan Reimold walk off homer. It’s a hot time in the mid-Atlantic. Given all that scorching heat, it’s no wonder that the people are Baltimore are excited about the latest news out of the National Aquarium. The local institution recently
Say Hello to the Honeycomb Cowfish This odd-looking fish was recently added to our Lurking exhibit. Native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the honeycomb cowfish can be found from New Jersey and Bermuda, south to Brazil, as well as throughout the Caribbean and Antilles. LEARN MORE Understanding a Living Fossil Horseshoe crabs have existed on our planet for more than 300 million years. Last year, the National Aquarium team headed out to Delaware to learn more about these living fossils. FIND OUT MORE
As we settle down, following a fourth of July full of celebrations of the birth of the #Murica we all know and love, we’ve been alternately entertained and shocked by everything from the Clinton FBI probe outcome to the announcement that Kevin Durant will head to the Golden State Warriors. Closer to home, those in the Baltimore area have recently been treated to the news that’s less dramatic than #1776Trump or anything President Obama has to say – but it’s still worthy of fireworks. The National Aquarium in Baltimore announced that it will create a
