At its annual meeting, the New England Aquarium announced the election of five new members to its Board of Trustees and twelve new members to its Board of Overseers. Located on the Boston waterfront, the New England Aquarium is one of the most prominent and popular aquariums in North America. Beyond its exhibit halls, the [...]
Experience U2 like no fan ever has! Better than the front row, even better than backstage, “U2 3D” puts you right on stage with U2 during a concert from the Vertigo tour. Filmed during a series of live concerts throughout South America, the film’s amazingly realistic 3-D technology puts the you face-to-face with the band [...]
As the New Year struck, an overnight Aquarium staff person checked on the Aquarium’s pregnant 16-foot anaconda. She was resting comfortably in a behind-the-scenes tank. Four hours later, he found Ashley in labor in the midst of a major multiple birth. When finished by about 5 a.m., there were fourteen new baby anaconda, each about [...]
Seven of the world’s most endangered sea turtles rescued from Cape Cod Bay in November and nursed back to health at the New England Aquarium in Boston will be flown on a private jet from Norwood, Massachusetts to St. Simon’s Island, Georgia for rehabilitation and eventual release. It sure beats swimming or the lines at [...]
The New England Aquarium announced Thursday evening that it has received a $3 million gift from the New Balance Foundation to help build the New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center and to develop innovative programs using seals and sea lions to promote childhood fitness. As the Aquarium’s newest signature exhibit, the New Balance Foundation Marine [...]
Ships and whales are both behemoths of the sea, but they often do collide, with usually tragic results for many endangered whale species. Wednesday, the Canadian government took its second step in four years to move ships away from the highest use areas of the North Atlantic right whale – its most critically endangered large [...]
What we don’t understand, we often fear, and many of the ocean’s most mysterious creatures bear the brunt of our mischaracterizations. We think of them as vicious, violent and deadly. The mere mention of a shark can clear a crowded beach in minutes. After wildlife expert Steve Irwin’s death, stingrays became infamous for the dangerous [...]
Let the New England Aquarium’s Simons IMAX Theatre be a time machine to take you back 82 million years to a world where dinosaurs ruled the earth and ferocious reptiles ruled the sea. National Geographic’s new giant-screen film Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure brings to life the extraordinary marine reptiles of the dinosaur age [...]
If the Aquarium’s penguin staff look sleep deprived, they have good reason as they have hatched and raised nine new penguin chicks over the summer. That is a record for the Aquarium. The first penguin chicks of the season were two little blue penguins (native to Australia) that have already joined the Aquarium’s penguin exhibit. [...]
The Comcast Network’s morning show “Your Morning” will be shot before a live audience at the New England Aquarium on Wednesday, August 22 from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Audience members will receive free breakfast and the chance to win exciting prizes along with the possibility of appearing on the show’s broadcast with host Greg [...]