CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The Texas State Aquarium is pleased to announce an all-new H-E-B Splash Park will officially open this Summer! This new addition will replace the 12-year-old splash park, a guest favorite at the Aquarium since 2011. The 15,000-square-foot splash park is designed to mimic the aquatic and terrestrial habitats of the Caribbean […]

Hundreds of K-8 students participated in hands-on activities and learned the importance of wildlife conservation and minimizing human impact on coastal environments. Aquarium staff taught students about wildlife emergencies, and how the Aquarium’s Wildlife Rescue Program rescues, rehabilitates, and releases injured animals. The goal of this immersive, STEM-based program is to instill the importance of […]

The Aquarium celebrated this special occasion with several honored guests, including 27th Congressional District of Texas Congressman Michael Cloud. Congressman Cloud presented the Aquarium with a Special Congressional Recognition along with a United States flag that was flown over Washington D.C. Thirty years ago, a group of visionaries developed an aquarium that became one of […]

Visitors can watch injured sea turtles and dolphins recover at the state-of-the-art facility. By Juli Berwald March 2, 2023 Jesse Gilbert, CEO of the Texas State Aquarium, in Corpus Christi, hands me a hard hat as we walk toward a massive building in its final stages of construction. To our right, palm trees sway in the […]

The $16 million Port of Corpus Christi Center for Wildlife Rescue opened Thursday on the Texas State Aquarium’s main campus. By Andrea Leinfelder, Staff writer Updated March 2, 2023 2:33 p.m. Source https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/texas-state-aquarium-wildlife-rescue-opening-17813412.php

San Antonio Express March, 2023 Source https://www.expressnews.com/sa-inc/article/rescue-center-texas-state-aquarium-watch-17811999.php

Texas Standard | By Raul Alonzo Next month, the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi will unveil what will be the largest coastal wildlife rescue facility in the Lone Star State – and one of the biggest in the country. The Port of Corpus Christi Center for Wildlife Rescue will feature state-of-the-art veterinary equipment and the only CAT scan used […]

The Texas State Aquarium’s Port of Corpus Christi Wildlife Rescue Center is set to open next month, and will be the largest such facility in the Lone Star State.https://atx.audio/3YOn3QK By Raul Alonzo February 20, 2023 11:55 am Courtesy of the Texas State Aquarium A rendering of the new Port of Corpus Christi Wildlife Rescue Center at the […]

The holidays looked a little different for several Texas State Aquarium (TSA) staff members, wildlife rescue and conservation partners, advocates, and volunteers around the Coastal Bend. With temperatures dropping below freezing just two days before Christmas, alerts of an imminent sea turtle cold stunning event were spread to the public. The goal was the same […]

The new center will increase its’ capacity to respond to emergency wildlife events, becoming the largest coastal wildlife rescue facility in Texas, and one of the largest in the U.S. The center will be the only Texas wildlife rescue facility permitted to treat marine mammals, raptors, shorebirds, and sea turtles and can accommodate thousands of […]