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A 'world-class' aquarium, offering visitors 'spectacular habitats' and unique, immersive exhibits will open in Canada in 2024. Called Aquarium de Montréal, the attraction is being ... More

Herschend Enterprises has acquired Vancouver Aquarium from the Ocean Wise Conservation Association, adding the attraction to the group's growing portfolio of properties. The aquarium has ... More

Vancouver Aquarium is in danger of having to close its doors permanently, due to a collapse in revenues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The ... More

OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale, Arizona, has launched two online initiatives to help keep guests entertained and engaged with the aquarium during its enforced closure. The ... More

The highly-anticipated St. Louis Aquarium opened its doors at Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri on Christmas Day (25 December 2019). The two-storey aquarium is housed ... More

Chester Zoo has had plans approved to build an extensive African savannah habitat adjacent to a wide range of accommodation in the form of lodges ... More

A new pump room and filtration system designed to enhance an existing sea lion habitat are part of a £1m (US$1.22m, €1.1m) upgrade programme announced ... More

Standing more than 2,200 metres (7,200ft) above sea level, a new aquarium just opened in Xining, Qinghai Province in northwest China, now hold's the record ... More

The St Louis Zoo in Missouri, US, has announced plans for a major US$11.5m (€10.28m, £9.08m) expansion of its Primate House, with the 35,000sq ft ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is on target to spend US$1bn (€859m, £772m) on conservation efforts within the next five years, after the ... More

With pressures on cetacean captivity continuing to mount across North America, Canada’s Vancouver Aquarium has announced it will no longer display such animals, instead choosing ... More

The last captive orca born under SeaWorld’s care has died after contracting what was thought to be pneumonia at its park in San Antonio, Texas. ... More

There is “no suggestion” that a zoo worker who went viral online after hitting a kangaroo to protect his dog will be sacked, according to ... More

TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to attractions that include direct contact with wild animals or endangered species following a change in company policy. The ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has dished out more than US$500,000 (€447,000, £381,500) across two separate schemes to a selection of 50 projects ... More

Government plans for a major shake-up of Post-16 vocational education have been met with disappointment from the leisure industry, after the newly-proposed routes into skilled ... More

West Midland Safari Park in Worcestershire is seeking a crop of young students to take part in a new Animal Management training course. Working alongside ... More

The Smithsonian and India’s Central Zoo Authority have signed an agreement to launch a training programme to develop conservation strategies for endangered species in zoos ... More

Detroit Zoo has debuted its new US$30m (€26.5m, £21.1m) penguin habitat, with the state-of-the-art enclosure offering a face-to-face encounter with the antarctic birds. Home to ... More

Sydney’s proposed new zoo in Australia will take technology to a whole new level when it opens in late 2017, using a number of new ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is undertaking its third Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), a training scheme which helps to identify and train ... More

SeaWorld has reached an agreement with California state regulators over allegations that the operator’s San Diego park failed to train its workers to safely interact ... More

Connecticut, US's Mystic Aquarium is about to break ground on a new US$5m (€4.6m, £3.4m) research and care centre as part of its US$20m (€18.5m, ... More

SeaWorld Entertainment has announced its intention to challenge the decision of the California Coastal Commission (CCC) to allow the company’s San Diego park to expand ... More

Canada’s Vancouver Aquarium has been chosen by the City of Valencia in Spain to run L’Oceanographic – Europe’s largest aquarium. Based in Valencia, Spain, L’Oceanogràfic’s ... More