Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Watch Mystic Aquarium’s African penguins waddle to the finish line during African Penguin Day, a day to honor the aquarium’s penguin conservation work in South Africa, as well as raise awareness of the Penguin Run/Walk on October 17.

Meet Surfer, a California sea lion at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration with a large lung capacity!

Our three sea lion pups now have official names. See if your favorites were chosen!

Aquarists train two porcupine puffer fish to aid in their care and feeding.

Watch String the penguin create a painting.

See how beluga whales and dolphins were carefully transported over 1,000 miles to Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

Follow a class from Smithfield, Rhode Island, as they help restore the salmon population in a local river.

A team of kids from Long Island faces the challenge of designing and building their own underwater remotely-operated vehicle, or ROV.

From a research vessel on Lake Huron, scientists from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary share their research on shipwrecks, sinkholes, and the technology they use to explore.

Lila Nicholson, a volunteer in the Arctic Coast exhibit, can't get enough of working with our beluga whales.

Ainsley Smith, an intern for the Animal Rescue Program, talks about the importance of intern and volunteer involvement in the rescue department, and the impact the experience has had on her.

Nancy Hicks, a 10-year volunteer, talks about why she still loves helping out at the Aquarium after all these years.