Spooky Season Special: Appalachian Animal Mythbusters
Appalachia is an ancient place. That's a fact. Whether your roots in this part of the world run deep, you just moved here or you're merely passing through, the feeling of age in this rippled, time-wor...
29 Okt 20251h 6min
25 Years Of Raising Tennessee Dinosaurs
For a fish that first appeared alongside dinosaurs and survived the calamity that wiped them out, the Lake Sturgeon has had a hard last half-century in Tennessee. Once abundant in the state's waterway...
22 Okt 20251h 1min
The Gold Standard (feat. AZA President Dan Ashe)
To the general public, the acronym "AZA" might be largely meaningless, but in the zoo and aquarium world, it's associated with the gold standard by which all aspects of a zoological organization is me...
15 Okt 202535min
Mic Droplet: Nine Brains Worth of Crazy 🐙 Facts
From impossibly flexible, boneless bodies and mastery of camouflage to an over-abundance of brains and hearts, octopuses are like aliens come down from on high to boggle the minds of biologists. In th...
8 Okt 202512min
The Royal Majesty of Monarch Butterflies
When it comes to the most impressive migrations in the animal kingdom , there are a few obvious standouts: the pole-to-pole voyage of the Arctic Tern; the horizon-spanning race of Wildebeests across t...
3 Okt 202550min
Meet Cristina Zenato, "The Shark Listener"
It’s pretty much inarguable that sharks get a bad rap. In a given year, a handful of humans are bitten by sharks, and of these, an even smaller number result in serious injuries or fatalities. Flip th...
25 Sep 20251h 1min
In the "Danger" Zone
At the Aquarium, we have animals of all sorts, from the beautiful and benign to graceful and powerful. Some of our residents could even, in some circumstances, be considered "dangerous." How, then, do...
17 Sep 20251h 1min
Building An Aquarium For Everyone
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the galleries of the Tennessee Aquarium. The hope is that those experiences help guests to form a meaningful bond with the natural world and to be...
10 Sep 202551min
