Sparking compassion, curiosity and conservation for the aquatic animal world 🐠 Home of Wellington the #penguin 🐧 Temp closed—explore with us online! 🏛️💻
Chicago, IL
Joined on 27 March, 2009
https://www.sheddaquarium.org/learn-and-explore
We may be closed, but we're bringing Shedd to these students with a virtual field trip to meet the calf, #STEM activities for teachers to make environmental learning fun & more.
Stay tuned for the name announcement, and until then Learn Online with Shedd:
It's time to name the dolphin calf! Next week, 25,000 fourth grade @ChiPubSchools students will pick one of the following names for the Pacific white-sided dolphin calf born in August. @ChiFirstFund
What's your favorite name?
🐬Harmony
🐬Rae
🐬Joy
🐬Hope
🐬Grace
Win a Virtual Animal Encounter! We're teaming up with @Do312 to give away a virtual encounter of your choice. Want to see sea otters play? 🦦 Hang out with the penguins in their habitat? 🐧 Hear what a sea lion sounds like? See T&Cs and enter to win!
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The first penguin field trip of the new year! 🐧 Penguin chick Sir Elio explored stingrays as they glided by his (webbed) feet in Wild Reef.
Replying to @SheddResearch: Shedd's conservation research continues year-round! Today, Dr. Youngquist was checking temperature loggers and wildlife…
A new resident so tiny, it can hide in a sea urchin. Banggai cardinalfish young—or "fry"—like this one in Underwater Beauty hover between the spines of sea urchins for protection. Their striped pattern adds a layer of camouflage that persists into adulthood.
Shedd's conservation research continues year-round! Today, Dr. Youngquist was checking temperature loggers and wildlife cameras in restored wetlands. Even in freezing cold, the science must go on!
No fur, no blubber, no problem! 🐙 Giant Pacific octopuses like Bowie can be found as far north as Alaska and can stay active in frigid temperatures—an adaptation we admire in the winter months.
From a caretaker's view: that red and purple crest can be seen when Doppler or Ruby take a quick dip in the bath!
What bird has another bird's title in its name? Meet the hawk-headed parrot! 🦜 This brilliantly beautiful bird was named for the red and purple plumage in its crest. Hawk-headed parrots—Doppler and Ruby—call Amazon Rising habitat home. #NationalBirdDay
Happy first Monday of 2021 to everyone, and especially to rockhopper penguin Bosco. 🐧
We may not have dressed up to say #happynewyear, but even if we did, the flashy Mandarin Dragonet would have had us beat! This fish is one of the few vertebrates that produces a rare true blue hue.
Looking extra forward to ringing in this new year! #goodbye2020
🔊 Sound on: Waddling towards 2021 on new year's eve with the tippy-taps of penguin feet! 🐧
As we #Welcome2021, here's to a healthy, happy new year.
Watch a @TEDx Talk starring a Shedd alum! From Shedd teen programs to becoming an Arctic Explorer and pursuing a Ph.D. in marine science, hear Frances Crable talk about her work and the waves she’s making for the Chicago community.
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🦈Bonnethead pups
🐟Endangered Barron's topminnows
🐴🐟seahorses
🦎Caiman lizards
We may all be ready to leave 2020 behind. But first, let's wrap up the year by looking back at the tiny new arrivals that gave us something to celebrate!
🐟Six baby stingrays
🐬A dolphin calf
🐋Bella's beluga calf
🐧Four Magellanic penguin chicks
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Dragons are real...and they live underwater! 🐉🌊 Start the new year on a fun note for kids with after-school and weekend programs like Virtual Aquarium Adventures: Seahorses and Sea Dragons.
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From our Shedd Aquarium family to yours, have a safe and happy holiday season.
One square inch of a sea otter's fur has roughly the same number of hairs as a whole German shepherd! 🦦❄️ Yaku and Luna recently played with snow and ice enrichment, taking breaks to groom that dense fur.
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