Pupils from a Somerset school have helped create a brand new orchid display at Bristol Aquarium. Students from Writhlington School, in Radstock joined resident horticulturist Wendy Desyllas and staff in the Harbourside attraction’s giant botanic glasshouse to build the new feature. The ‘Cloud Forest’ display incorporates dozens of exotic orchid species planted in to logs … Continued
Aquarists at Bristol Aquarium have created special ‘passports’ for each of their resident turtles. The move comes after a recent growth in the number of incidents where turtles and tortoises have either been taken from, or dumped at, wildlife attractions across the country. In the past a number of freshwater turtles have been smuggled in … Continued
A suitably spooky skeletor eel is making its first public appearance at Bristol Aquarium in the run up to Halloween. The tropical moray eel gets its name from its markings which resemble those of a skeleton. Skeletor eel being fed at Bristol Aquarium. Despite its scary name and razor-sharp teeth the eel is actually relatively … Continued
Bristol Aquarium’s newest arrival is perfect for Halloween – it’s a baby batfish that thinks it’s a poisonous flatworm. The captive-bred dusky batfish, which is one of six at the Harbourside attraction, mimics the colour, shape and movements of a toxic species of sea worm to avoid predators. To enhance the quality of their deadly … Continued
Bristol Aquarium is to celebrate World Octopus Day with a weekend of special events and activities (Saturday, October 8th – Sunday, October 9th). This year’s event will be the 10th annual international celebration of the amazing octopus as well as other members of the cephalopod family. The star of the show will be the Harbourside … Continued
A sextet of endangered thornback rays, which were born at the start of the year, are thriving at Bristol Aquarium. The nine-month-old rays, which are being cared for in a special juvenile display, are part of an ongoing captive breeding programme for the native UK species. Despite being the UK’s commonest type of ray, the … Continued
Aquarists at Bristol Aquarium have created a purpose-built display filled with holes to accommodate a group of metre-long moray eels. Staff at the Harbourside attraction built a series of interconnecting holes and passages into the rockwork of the display to mimic the tropical morays habitats in the wild. The group of snowflake and zebra eels, … Continued
Giant living anemones are providing a colony of clownfish at Bristol Aquarium with some luxurious new accommodation. The fish, which were made famous by the original Finding Nemo film, live and breed among the stinging tentacles of a variety of tropical sea anemone species. Far from being put off by the anemones’ stinging tentacles, clownfish … Continued
Aquarists at Bristol Aquarium are urging people to take care when purchasing exotic fish species. The warning comes after the Harbourside attraction agreed to re-home a brown spot Morano Stingray which had outgrown its owner’s tank. Although the fish is still a juvenile, it had already become too large for its home aquarium. It is … Continued
Aquarists at Bristol Aquarium, are celebrating after the birth of a baby shark, with more due to hatch out soon. The tiny shark, a member of the native catshark family, is thriving in a special nursery tank at the aquarium – safely away from the attentions of its larger cousins. The tiny Lesser Spotted Catshark … Continued