The project will transform the aquarium into the largest in North Carolina, featuring a new shark habitat, interactive touch pools, a live coral reef habitat, and a state-of-the-art education center! 🦈🐠🐟🪸 The aquarium will temporarily close for three years. The aquarium should be open through January 2026. In addition to the renovations at Fort Fisher, the aquarium and its society are creating a new experience that will open in Independence Mall in Wilmington in early 2026. This renovation a

Merry Christmas from Biota North Carolina 🎄 While the cookies are in the oven for the humans, it’s a full day of care for the fish. Today we’re prepping food, counting fish larvae, making fresh phytoplankton, and testing water. Aquaculture doesn’t take a holiday, but this is all part of the work we love doing every day. Thank you for all your support this year, it means the world to our team. What are you all up to today? #reeftank #aquaculture #captivebredfish #biotanorthcarolina #biotaaquariu

Does this turtle look familiar? A few weeks ago, we shared about the amazing rehabilitation work of the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center and introduced you to Behemoth. Now we have great news: Behemoth has been released back into the wild! Thanks to the continued efforts of the STAR Center, Behemoth is one of many sea turtles who get a second chance out in the ocean where they belong. (📷: NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island) | Visit The Outer Banks

🌊 While traveling for MACE Vivarium, Biota COO Manu Guerrero and North Carolina manager Todd Gardner had the chance to visit our great friends at De Jong Marinelife in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱 This stunning reef isn’t just any aquarium, it’s De Jong’s legendary display tank, originally built for Interzoo, one of the largest aquarium trade shows in the world. It was so spectacular, they brought it home and turned it into their office display tank! It’s always inspiring to visit the De Jong team and

🌊 A huge thank you to @Abyzz for sponsoring Biota North Carolina manager (and Carteret Community College professor) Todd Gardner to attend the Vivarium Marine Aquarium Conference of Europe! 🇪🇺🐠 We had an amazing time catching up with the Abyzz team and all our reefing friends across Europe. It’s always inspiring to see how global this community truly is! And just for fun… does anyone recognize the reference behind Todd’s uniform? 🎩 His red beanie and blue shirt might look familiar to some m