National Aquarium news

What is set to be the Middle East's biggest aquarium is due to open in 2020, with construction of the attraction in Abu Dhabi reportedly ... More

Throughout 2017, we have been lucky enough to speak to a host of the most innovative, influential and opinionated leisure architects and designers working across ... More

The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, is the catalyst for US$455m (€386m, £345m) in economic activity across the state every year, a new study has ... More

Plans for a brand new waterside aquarium near the Norwegian capital have been unveiled, showing a pair of smooth, undulating domes jutting out into the ... More

3XN Architects have released new visuals showing the forthcoming home of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The studio won the competition to ... More

Weta Workshop – the special effects and prop company behind such epics as The Lord of the Rings and Avatar – have thrown their weight ... More

A collection of 19 US aquariums have announced plans to phase out plastic use as part of an initiative to protect the world’s oceans. The ... More

The architect behind the American Museum of Natural History's hotly-anticipated new wing has made a passionate plea for investment in science education, saying: "You've got ... More

The Crown Prince of Denmark has inaugurated the new Royal Arena in Copenhagen, designed by architects 3XN to host national and international music, culture and ... More

Danish architectural practice 3XN have won the competition to design a new, largely wooden, aquatic centre in the Swedish city of Linkoping, which is designed ... More

SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby has addressed the possibility of seaside sanctuaries for its whales, stating that the “experiment” by Baltimore’s National Aquarium to move its ... More

Baltimore’s National Aquarium has unveiled a game-changing proposal for dolphin care, with plans for North America’s first ever seaside sanctuary. Aiming to transition its colony ... More

The National Aquarium in Baltimore has unveiled plans to reinvent the city’s waterfront, creating an urban wetland and pier-side conservation area for the local community. ... More

Tampa Bay’s Florida Aquarium has agreed a partnership with Cuba’s National Aquarium in Havana, the first time such a deal has been struck since the ... More

In a rare show of unity between the US and Cuba, representatives of Tampa Bay’s Florida Aquarium travelled across the water to look into forming ... More

In the aquarium world, the less brightly decorated animals are often overlooked. The glamorous fish of the tropics and the clever ocean mammals tend to ... More

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is seeking federal permission to bring 18 beluga whales, captured last year off the coast of Russia, to the US ... More

Amid recent controversy over housing whales and dolphins in aquarium settings, Vancouver Aquarium’s CEO John Nightingale has said that the restriction of such animals would ... More

Baltimore’s National Aquarium in Maryland, US, has announced it is considering retiring its eight bottlenose dolphins and moving them to a unique oceanside sanctuary. The ... More

The National Aquarium in Baltimore in the US is set to open Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes on 16 December. The immersive exhibit consists of ... More