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• 7/13/2010

  National Aquarium Initiates Natural Resource Damage Assessment for Sarasota Bay Ecosystem

  The National Aquarium, in collaboration with Mote Marine Laboratory and Johns Hopkins University, is conducting a comprehensive study designed to ensure that pre- and post- Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact status of Sarasota Bay is documented as rigorously as possible.

• 6/22/2010

  Chevrolet signs as Aquarium’s Official Conservation Vehicle, helps return turtles to sea

  Three endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were escorted from Baltimore to the southern tip of Maryland in a new 2010 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid – the Official Conservation Vehicle of the National Aquarium – and released into the Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Maryland. The successful transfer and release marks the first of many animal rescue efforts that will take place as part of an ongoing partnership between the National Aquarium and Chevrolet.

  

• 6/17/2010

  National Aquarium’s Commitment to Oil Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

  You can’t go far without hearing about the oil spill disaster still unfolding in the Gulf, and it has been deeply disturbing to watch as gallons and gallons of oil are being pushed into that irreplaceable ecosystem each second. As an active member of the Northeast Region Stranding Network we are closely connected to the Federal, State, and local agencies and non-governmental entities responding to this disaster.

• 5/14/2010

  Hastings the Seal Returns to Sea

  National Aquarium staff and volunteers were joined by community members on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland to help “Hastings” the harbor seal with his oceanic return!

  

• 5/10/2010

  National Aquarium Reclaims Contaminated Baltimore City Waterfront

  National Aquarium leaders, joined by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, theEnvironmental Protection Agency, partners and members of the business community, have unveiled plans for a publically-accessible waterfront park on its property on the Patapsco River.

  

• 4/26/2010

  Dora and Diego’s 4-D Adventure Comes to Baltimore this June

  This June, the National Aquarium will present Dora & Diego’s 4-D Adventure, a new family friendly theatrical film and attraction based on Nickelodeon’s hit animated preschool series Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!.

• 4/1/2010

  Bring Your Kids to Meet Our Kids

  The National Aquarium, Washington, home to America’s Aquatic Treasures, is booming with new life!

• 3/29/2010

  National Aquarium Goes Dark for Earth Hour

  On Saturday evening the National Aquarium’s Baltimore venue went dark from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in support of Earth Hour, a global event led by the World Wildlife Fund in which millions of Americans turned out their lights for one hour in support of action towards creating a cleaner, safer and more secure future for our planet.

• 3/12/2010

  National Aquarium Welcomes New Dolphin Calf

  Staff and volunteers at the National Aquarium are excited to announce the newest addition to the dolphin colony.

• 2/22/2010

  National Aquarium Prepares for Dolphin Birth

  The National Aquarium, Baltimore is pleased to announce the pregnancy of an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Jade.