Kelly Thorvalson, Conservation Programs Manager at the South Carolina Aquarium Speaker for “Groundbreaking News: Journey to Recovery” “In the 16 years spent rehabilitating sick and injured sea turtles, the South Carolina Aquarium has admitted fourteen patients with plastics in their intestinal tracts, nine of those in the last two years.…
Mar
27
Mar
15
Sara Kirlin has grown up with the South Carolina Aquarium. One of her earliest memories is peering into the Carolina Seas exhibit, and meeting the sea turtle biologists in the hospital. Now a senior at Faith Christian School in Summerville, Sara is certain that she wants to embark on a…
Feb
27
What’s your first memory of water? Was it a family trip to the beach? Diving into a community pool? Splashing in a puddle? It is hard to deny that something powerful happens, emotionally, when many of us are near water. Dr. Wallace J. Nichols spoke about the science behind this…
Feb
24
Join the conversation on March 30th. No issue facing the health of our oceans and ocean life is more pressing than that of plastic pollution. A recent study estimated that approximately eight million metric tons of plastic debris entered the sea from coastal regions in 2010 (Jambeck et al., 2015)…
Feb
10
Members and Aquarium guests, we have some exciting news! The exhibit known as Shark Shallows is changing - the spotlight will now be placed on the classiest of the chondrichthyes class, the most charismatic of the extraordinary elasmobranchii…you guessed it… Rays! Cownose rays and southern stingrays will be the stars of…
Jan
30
It was oysters all day at the Lowcountry Oyster Festival. Area businesses joined together to provide some of the best of Charleston cuisine. Whether you're a dedicated lover of seafood, a fan of the many-varied and nuanced hush puppy, or you just love a good burger and some fries, there…
Dec
15
The South Carolina Aquarium is passionate about protecting wildlife and wild places, and another step is being taken to protect our beautiful environment and ocean. The Aquarium’s eatery, the Sea Turtle Snack Bar, recently became Ocean Friendly Restaurant Certified. The certification is through the Charleston Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation,…
Dec
01
These aren't the turtles you're looking for... Oh wait - if you're looking for the 12 cold-stunned turtles named after Star Wars characters then yes, they are. 12 turtles, all named after Star Wars characters, arrived at the Aquarium on Sunday, November 27. Part of a large group of cold…
Nov
22
When asked, “How many of you have been in a long distance relationship before?”, nearly everyone raised their hand at the third session of Holland Lifelong Learning, held at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) outdoor classroom on Wednesday, November 16th. The farthest long distance relationship in the…
Oct
06
We at the Aquarium go to great lengths to prepare for any natural disaster. Once a tropical storm or hurricane becomes a possible threat to Charleston, our team immediately springs into action. In fact, we start preparations right when hurricane season begins. We maximize stocks of animal diets the first…
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