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Throughout the year, SeaWorld’s animal care and training teams continually introduce new ways to enrich the animal environments in the park. Unique activities, such as putting lettuce among the pumpkins pique the flamingos’ interest and offer something new for them to see and explore. Holistic behavioral programs like this one focus on health, exercise and […]

Five baby bottlenose dolphins were born at Discovery Cove within one month of each other. Five baby bottlenose dolphins were born at Discovery Cove within one month of each other: Kona, a girl, was born August 3 to mum Roxy; Titan, a boy, was born August 6 to mum Calypso; Nero, a boy, was born […]

Busch Gardens is excited to announce a baby spotted hyena has just been introduced to the park’s hyena group. The 20-week-old male cub was born at the park on April 3, 2016, and is named “Mandazi”. The cub is healthy and being cared for by first-time mother, 8-year-old Taziki, who was also born at Busch Gardens. […]

Rising Tide Conservation and the University of Florida have announced an aquaculture world-first. They have managed to successfully breed Pacific Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) away from their natural coral reef habitat, meaning that these delicate ecosystems can be left undisturbed. Blue Tang have recently found themselves in the spotlight with the release of Disney Pixar’s […]

Today, SeaWorld Orlando returned a trio of rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtles at Sebastian Inlet State Park in Florida. The sea turtles arrived at the SeaWorld Rescue Center for rehabilitative care over the past six months due to a variety of reasons including entanglement in fishing gear, shark attack wounds and debilitated sea turtle syndrome. A […]

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has granted funding to the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation to help protect five species of critically endangered fish including the beluga sturgeon, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. The Blue Marine Foundation, in conjunction with Azerbaijan National Government Organisation (NGO), International Dialogue for Environmental Action […]

Cobra’s Curse Striking Facts: One-of-a-kind spin coaster featuresa menacing 30,000-pound snake king icon and a 70-foot vertical lift that will take riders within inches of its 3 foot-wide eyes and 4-foot-long fangs. During the three-and-a-half-minute ride, the coaster trains speed along at 40 mph down 2,100 feet of serpentine-like track, travelling backward, forward and then […]

After two to three months of rehabilitation at SeaWorld San Diego’s Animal Rescue Centre, four sea lions rescued by SeaWorld this year from San Diego County beaches were returned to their ocean home yesterday. The animals were successfully rehabilitated by animal care specialists and veterinarians from SeaWorld’s Rescue Team after being found malnourished and dehydrated […]

SeaWorld Orlando’s critical care facility received a 569kg manatee mother and her young calf for acute rehabilitation after being rescued a week ago. In addition, the team recently welcomed a rescued, orphaned manatee from Satellite Beach, Florida. Mother and calf pair The 3-metre-long manatee mother (the same length as an original Mini car) was experiencing […]