UPDATE: On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, much of the Tree Top Trails section reopened, including the climbing structure and water play areas. Jungle Flyers and The Wild Surge remain closed indefinitely. In an apparent cost Read More …
Love is in the air and water at The Florida Aquarium this Valentine’s Day, so bring your sweetheart for a special dinner and enjoy their company with undersea views and thousands of animals and plants Read More …
Landlubbers beware! Thousands of pirates are about to descend on Tampa for Gasparilla Pirate Fest 2018, being held on Saturday, January 27th. On that day, the city is surrendered to the followers of Jose Gaspar, the Read More …
Last year, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo announced they would be getting rid of their old log flume and build a new 3 story splash down river adventure, Roaring Springs. On a visit in December, we showed Read More …
After getting a pygmy hippopotamus for Christmas, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo and The Hyppo, a gourmet ice pop company with several stores in the Tampa Bay area, partnered on a contest to name the zoo’s Read More …
Join The Florida Aquarium for a weekend dedicated to our ocean’s amazing apex predators—sharks! There will be fun and educational activities at the Aquarium all day long including a scavenger hunt, special shark dive shows, Read More …
Check out the News & Notes for January and February 2018, with a look ahead at what’s happening at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, along with a review of some of the recent changes and news from Read More …
The Florida Aquarium, based in Tampa, Florida, and the Horniman Museum and Gardens, based in London, have joined forces to save coral reefs by spawning (reproducing) corals in a lab – a major technique to Read More …
Following an exciting, record year full of new unforgettable natural connections, signature animal encounters, and entertaining seasonal events, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo is now excited to announce the zoo’s most thrilling expansion to date with Read More …
Recently, The Florida Aquarium met a volunteer pilot at Tampa International Airport to receive eight Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles that suffered through a harsh cold-stunning event in the Northeast that began in early November. The Read More …