Sharks are becoming a popular feature in home aquariums, but there’s a clear distinction between freshwater and saltwater species. Freshwater sharks aren’t “true” sharks; they are small fish with ...

Blue Beach is one of the sites at the Birch Aquarium for Shark Summer events in 2014. (Photo credit: aquarium.ucsd.edu/) Shark Summer returns to the Birch Aquarium starting Saturday, allowing guests ...

Located at Nathan Benderson Park near the popular University Town Center shopping and dining district — along the ...

GAZE FAR OUT INTO THE OCEAN, as far as the horizon can take you, and begin to think about what animals might be below the surface. Sure, your thoughts may alight first on something like the seahorse, ...

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The spotted sharks have sharply declined in the wild over the past decade due to overfishing and habitat loss After a brief ...

After he was rescued from a seafood market and brought to the Georgia Aquarium in 2007, Taroko the whale shark delighted millions of people who flocked to the facility to see the world’s biggest fish ...

Taroko the whale shark was euthanized after his health declined at the Georgia Aquarium, officials announced. Screengrab from the Georgia Aquarium’s Facebook post After he was rescued from a seafood ...