Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Your weekly penguin questions answered!

Watch Mystic Aquarium’s African penguins waddle to the finish line during African Penguin Day, a day to honor the aquarium’s penguin conservation work in South Africa, as well as raise awareness of the Penguin Run/Walk on October 17.

Meet Surfer, a California sea lion at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration with a large lung capacity!

Follow a success story as our rescue team releases a seal.

Aquarists train two porcupine puffer fish to aid in their care and feeding.

Watch String the penguin create a painting.

Meet Astro, Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration's newest addition to its marine mammal family.

Follow a class from Smithfield, Rhode Island, as they help restore the salmon population in a local river.

A team of kids from Long Island faces the challenge of designing and building their own underwater remotely-operated vehicle, or ROV.

From a research vessel on Lake Huron, scientists from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary share their research on shipwrecks, sinkholes, and the technology they use to explore.

See our oceans on a whole new (microscopic) level in this new exhibit.

Lila Nicholson, a volunteer in the Arctic Coast exhibit, can't get enough of working with our beluga whales.

Ainsley Smith, an intern for the Animal Rescue Program, talks about the importance of intern and volunteer involvement in the rescue department, and the impact the experience has had on her.

Local costume designer Julie Cook creates a frog costume in time for the Education Department's "Leap Day" event.