Highly invasive and destructive freshwater mussels are threatening to make their way to the Pacific Northwest through decorative aquarium moss balls. Earlier this month, a wholesale aquarium company ...

Officials announced Thursday that renovations at the Department of Commerce building that the aquarium has called home since 1932 make the move necessary. Aquarium officials say they must leave by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An aquarium that opened its doors to visitors in 1885 is closing its doors in the nation’s capital. The National Aquarium is closing its Washington location after the last visitors ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state. Although only 9 ...

A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state. Although only 9 months old and ...

Just in time for Independence Day, Toby, the rare blue lobster found off the coast of Maryland last month, will go on exhibit at National Aquarium, Washington, DC today. Toby’s particular blue hue is ...

A diver who was conducting maintenance at a zoo and aquarium in Tacoma, Washington was bitten Monday by a 4-foot sandbar shark in a tank. The injured diver, a volunteer at the Point Defiance Zoo & ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Aquarium says it will close its Washington branch in the fall. Officials announced Thursday that renovations at the Department of Commerce building that the aquarium has ...

This photo provided by Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium shows Staff Biologist Kelsie Atz-Riley with sea lion pup Pepper on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at the the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, ...