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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – On Tuesday, October 17 at 7:00 p.m., the Texas State Aquarium will host three talented chefs for “Seafood Wars: Clash of the Champions.” Winning chefs from past Seafood Wars competitions will go head-to-head to see who can cook the most delicious dish of Gulf farm-raised cobia. After sampling each tasty creation, […]

Due to unsustainable fishing practices, habitat alteration, climate change, and finning, shark populations have declined between 70 and 90 percent in recent years, leaving many of them swimming toward the endangered species list. Humans, unfortunately, have had a heavy hand in getting them there. The good news is, we can help turn their grim fate […]

In the animal world, the manufacturing of candy and similar food and even household items like cosmetics and cleaning products can have big repercussions. Palm oil, a product used to make all of those products and more, is grown and harvested in plantations – unsustainably and largely unchecked – around the world. The oil palm […]

5. Brutus, Eurasian Eagle Owl  Eyes as big as half dollars and as yellow-orange as a harvest moon stare straight into yours, the intense gaze of the apex predator creeping into your soul…or at least that’s how some may feel. The long look a Eurasian Eagle Owl can give you is not one you’ll soon forget. These […]

“It’s just incredible. When you see the connection made and realize they get it, they know it, it’s just amazing,” described Zigmond. Better known as Ziggy, the energetic young animal lover is the Assistant Curator of Marine Mammals at the Aquarium, responsible for the top notch care of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins Shadow and Kai, as […]

Burk, a 22-year volunteer, loves showing curious kids and even adults what a pearly, pointy sand tiger shark tooth looks like up close. “It’s neat for them to make the connection that these right here [pointing to the teeth in his palm] are actually the chompers that come out of Orion and Hunter,” Burk says, […]

258 patients were admitted for the year, 33 percent of which were rehabilitated and released back into their natural habitat, and 20 percent of which were transferred to other accredited animal facilities. This positive release rate included 32 different species of shorebirds and 15 species of raptors, making up a very high species diversity rate […]

I love wetlands.  I love to explore and muck around in them, and I have shoes caked in mud in the trunk of my car to prove it. I want to experience all they have to offer, from the feisty army of fiddler crabs in the narrow patch of sand out back, to the killifish […]

“That’s my favorite part, hearing the ‘oohs, ahhs,’ the smiles, laughing, and answering all of their questions,” says Sasha. “I love seeing the kids’ reactions.” Sasha sees reactions like these from all across the country thanks to the web-based video conferencing technology of Aquavision. Via the Flint Hills Resources Distance Learning Studio, she beams out […]

Incredibly, jellies are as old as time. They’ve inhabited the earth’s oceans for hundreds of millions of years, and speaking of oceans, they can be found in every single one, from the surface, to the deep sea. Some can even be found in fresh water environments, such as the craspedacusta sowerbii. And since we’re discussing […]