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The National Aquarium's new Animal Care and Rescue Center will open May 24 in Jonestown, offering the public a behind-the-scenes look at its care for sick and rescued animals.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 17, 2018

As more and more natural spaces are urbanized, it is increasingly critical to think about how wildlife and humans can successfully coexist in city spaces. With this in mind, the National Wildlife Federation has been investing heavily in Baltimore over the past five years.

Céline Cousteau, the granddaughter of pioneering oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and a prominent filmmaker and environmentalist in her own right, has been named to the board of directors at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Feb 14, 2018

A bloom of algae, some of them toxic, appeared in the Baltimore harbor this week. Such blooms are common in the summer but unusual for this time of year.

By Scott Dance

Dec 1, 2017

The National Aquarium generated $455 million for Maryland in 2016, according to a new report commissioned by the aquarium.

By Sarah Gantz

Nov 16, 2017

Century lineman Jack King used student summer program to increase his knowledge of biological studies.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore and others across the country have launched a campaign against disposable plastic.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 10, 2017

Baltimore Police pulled a decomposing body from waters next to the National Aquarium, creating a spectacle for a throng of Inner Harbor visitors Saturday evening.

By Scott Dance

May 20, 2017

A fleet of pirate ship-theme boats will be coming to the Inner Harbor this summer, as part of a number of changes coming to Baltimore's waterfront.

By Yvonne Wenger

Apr 13, 2017

Nani, the matriarch of the National Aquarium's colony of dolphins, has died, her caregivers said Tuesday.

By Scott Dance

Feb 28, 2017

The National Aquarium is replacing its dated animal care center with a new $20 million animal rescue and care center being built in a former office in Jonestown. While the organization can fund the project through a line of credit, it hopes to raise about half the funds from private donors, said CEO John Racanelli.

By Natalie Sherman

Feb 2, 2017

The 10 best things to do this week in and around Baltimore, including Black History Month at the National Aquarium, Great Expectations and the Bob Marley Birthday Soul Shakedown

By Wesley Case

Jan 29, 2017

The National Aquarium said it will work with Baltimore-based firms Design Collective and Plano-Coudon to design and build the planned Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore's Jonestown neighborhood north of the Inner Harbor.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 6, 2016

The National Aquarium believes that the Baltimore Canyon, about 70 miles off of the Maryland coast, presents us with an opportunity to connect our youth and citizens to the deep seas. Before the end of the year, we intend to nominate the Baltimore Canyon as our nation's first urban national marine sanctuary through the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Marine Sanctuary designation process.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore is bringing back "Pay What You Want Day" on Nov. 6, allowing visitors to choose their admission price. 

By John-John Williams IV

Sep 27, 2016

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and the National Aquarium received top honors Tuesday from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in its annual awards.

By Carrie Wells

Sep 13, 2016

The weekend convention, Otakon, is leaving Baltimore after nearly two decades. Organizers said 29,000 people came Friday through Sunday, and they've outgrown the Baltimore Convention Center. Next year, Otakon will be in Washington, D.C.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore, one of the city's most popular tourist attractions for more than three decades, expects no drops in attendance once it closes its dolphin exhibit to retire the mammals to a seaside sanctuary.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 14, 2016

Here's what people are saying about the National Aquarium's plan to relocate dolphins from Baltimore.

1981: The National Aquarium, a $21.5 million city-built facility, opens to crowds. The attraction drew 1.5 million visitors its first year, double what was

By Natalie Sherman

Jun 14, 2016

Holding signs that said "Captivity kills" and "Empty the tanks," about two dozen protesters gathered outside the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor Saturday, calling for the facility's dolphins to be released.

By Luke Broadwater

May 7, 2016

While many chose to stay indoors after Monday's snowfall, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, visited the National Aquarium on Presidents'Day.

The National Aquarium moving forward with its long-expressed goal of a new animal care and rescue center, buying a property in Jonestown to relocate operations from the Fells Point building where they have been based for more than two decades.

By Natalie Sherman

Jan 14, 2016

Baltimore's National Aquarium is asking the public for help in naming its baby loggerhead turtle

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 11, 2016

Paula S. Schaedlich, former longtime chief operating officer of the national Aquarium in Baltimore who was also prominent in zoological circles, died Nov. 24 of pancreatic cancer at her home in Mayfield. She was 66.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 4, 2015

Dr. Joseph R Geraci, 77, a veterinarian who was a specialist in marine mammal medicine and aquatic wildlife conservation, died of cancer Thursday at his Leesburg, Va. home.

By Jacques Kelly

Sep 15, 2015

Three endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles were returned to the wild by the National Aquarium, released in the surf at Ocean City after a prolonged rehabilitation from "cold stun" in November 2014.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Jul 27, 2015

Shark Week, which debuted in 1988, drew more than 40 million viewers last year hungry for more information on the predators. Now, aquarium visitors can get in on the action.

Comptroller Peter Franchot toured downtown Baltimore Thursday, stopping first at the Trinacria Italian Cafe, before going to the National Aquarium and then to the Captain James Landing Restaurant in an effort to promote the city before this weekend's Independence Day festivities.

A grey seal pup rescued at Delaware's Bethany Beach this Easter with a broken jaw is finally healthy enough to be returned to the wild after a stay in Baltimore.

Exhibit is first major attraction to open in the Inner Harbor since Freddie Gray's death

By Mary Carole McCauley

May 11, 2015

Happy birthday, Felize! The National Aquairum today announced the birth of a Linee's two-toed sloth.

By Jordan Bartel

Apr 3, 2015

When the interactive "Living Seashore" exhibit opens in May, visitors will be allowed to touch some animals

By Mary Carole McCauley

Mar 26, 2015

Sheets of ice up to a foot thick have crippled small boats, prevented night docking at the port of Baltimore and kept one Coast Guard cutter busy tending to stranded Chesapeake Bay islanders for more than a week straight amid this month's freeze, the worst in decades.

By Scott Dance

Feb 27, 2015

Baltimore activists take umbrage at the governor-elect's characterization of the city's fortunes — but agree there's work to do.

There are some new residents of the National Aquarium now that four big-headed Amazon River turtles have hatched. The aquarium said today that it believes this is the first time this type of turtle has been bred successfully in North America.

By Kristine Henry

Oct 21, 2014

Team aims to apply entertainment's core technology for medical, research use

Judging from the rush of developers to produce new apartments and the surge of office and hotel construction, Baltimore is seeing what looks like a new renaissance — fueled by two generations of urban dwellers who have come on the scene since the renaissance of 1960-80, when the city was re-invented by the "crown jewel" of the Inner Harbor.