Mystic Aquarium

This May, venture to the ends of the earth to meet the fascinating animals that live there and the people who work with them. Immersion Learning™, a division of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., brings the vast and exciting Arctic world live via webcast to Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration and many other Immersion sites across the country on May 18 to 20.

MYSTIC, Conn. – Explore the oceans, the last great uncharted territory, with the man who discovered the R.M.S. Titanic, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and Institute for Exploration President Dr. Robert Ballard. The event, on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Garde Arts Center, is part of the new “Faces of Our Planet” series, created by Sea Research Foundation, National Geographic Live and the Garde Arts Center to reveal the mysteries and discoveries of the world’s human, animal and geographic faces.

MYSTIC, Conn. - In celebration of Earth Day, Dominion Resources presented Sea Research Foundation – parent organization of Mystic Aquarium, Institute for Exploration and Immersion Learning – with a $12,500 Earth Day environmental grant on April 22.

MYSTIC, Conn. – Mystic Aquarium’s newest African penguin chicks showed off their newfound swimming skills on April 15. The two chicks took the plunge into the Roger Tory Peterson Penguin Exhibit for the first time and were introduced to the public.