Once considered underwhelming and small, the Birch Aquarium (which is the public aquarium front for the Scripps Instiutute of Oceanography at UCSD, which is why some people call it the "UCSD Aquarium") in recent years has been making drastic changes to propel its way up to a Top 3 Aquarium in...
I visited the Belle Isle Aquarium in Michigan on June 15, 2025. It's a small but beautiful aquarium in a historic building that was renovated in 2020. It is possibly best known for two things: its history as the oldest aquarium in the United States, and for its collection of gar. The Belle Isle...
"A review of the number of captive belugas, the captive beluga infant mortality rates, and the death rates for adult captive belugas, along with the Aquarium’s own predictions, leads to the conclusion
that beluga whales will cease to be displayed in United States aquariums and facilities soon...