Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

MYSTIC, Conn. – What is DNA? How is it connected to red tide? And why is it important to know? “DNA, Red Tide and the Sea,” an interactive new exhibit at Mystic Aquarium, answers all these questions while giving guests a look at our oceans on a whole new (microscopic) level.

MYSTIC, Conn.– Top federal and state officials from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded $1,011,878 in Long Island Sound Futures Fund grants to local governments and community organizations. The grants fund 33 projects that improve water quality, restore habitat, enhance living resources and educate and involve the public. Sea Research Foundation, Inc. received two grants totaling $34,255 to support a conservation-focused school program in Norwich and New Haven and aquarium event.

MYSTIC, Conn. – More than 450 people laced up their sneakers on Saturday, October 17 and participated in Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration’s third annual Penguin Run/Walk, raising 50 percent more than the amount raised last year for penguin research and conservation.

MYSTIC, Conn. – Sea Research Foundation, Inc. has named the eight-teacher team at Roosevelt Middle School and S.T.E.M. Academy in New Britain Educators of the Year. The team was honored during Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration’s annual Educators Open House on October 8.