Point Defiance Zoo is expected to reopen its Tropical Reef Aquarium this summer, the zoo announced this week. Formerly called the “South Pacific Aquarium,” the 25,000-square-foot area will boast ...

Each year humans trade 20 to 30 million tropical marine fish for aquariums, representing more than 1,800 different species. The United States is the world’s largest consumer, buying up to 80% of the ...

The Tropical Reef Aquarium at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium reopened to the public in June 2024 following 2-1/2 years of restorations and repairs. The $7.09 million renovation project, which ...

By Edward Carver The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums.

CAIRNS—Foreign demand for food and ornamental fishes has made the Philippines the center of the unsustainable and often illegal live reef and aquarium fish trade worth at least $1 billion globally, ...

An 18-month effort to repair damaged tanks at the National Aquarium in Baltimore came to a successful conclusion yesterday as hundreds of schoolchildren, acting like schools of fish, became the first ...

An international search is underway to populate the Onondaga County Aquarium at the Syracuse Inner Harbor, with officials ...

Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at ...

Researchers have discovered a rare example of 'great fish parenting' with a common coral reef species found to actively protect their young by eating parasites. Researchers have discovered a rare ...

HONOLULU— The state of Hawaii’s Environmental Council has upheld the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to maintain the ban on collecting fish for the aquarium pet trade off the west coast ...

Gorgeous coral fish are to be seen everywhere, writes Monica Biondo, decorating aquariums in restaurants, doctors' offices and living rooms. The coral fish trade is booming! But it's destroying the ...