The National Aquarium community is mourning the loss of Nani, the oldest of our Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Late Monday afternoon, Nani began to exhibit unusual behavior. Although our animal care team responded and provided emergency care immediately, Nani was unable to recover and passed away on Monday evening. Efforts are underway to determine her cause of death. At approximately 44 years of age, Nani was the matriarch of the dolphins residing at the National Aquarium and the mother of Spirit and Beau. We feel so fortunate to have had Nani in our lives, and we
Chesapeake Bay Shows Signs of Health Published February 01, 2017 A report released last month shows the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay is better than it has been in decades! The Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, is evaluated every two years by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s State of the Bay report. Scientists compile data for 13 indicators in three major categories: pollution, habitat and fisheries. In this year’s report, 9 of the 13 indicators showed improvement from the last report and each of the three categories improved overall! The continued improvement of the
A Moment of Zen You can now tune into our Jellies Invasion exhibit from anywhere in the world! Our new jellies cam highlights the blue blubber jelly, a species that actually ranges in color from a snowy white to a dark violet. Watch these animals pulse for a minute or two and feel the stresses of the day melt away. Harbor Park Garage also covers you if you ever need National Aquarium Parking. WATCH NOW Upcoming Events: FEBRUARY 1, 2017 • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Tots & Tales: Turtles FEBRUARY 3, 2017 • 5 PM
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
