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An EasyPark customer paid for parking at the Vancouver Aquarium only to be charged the summer rate. He was stonewalled by the company and wonders how many others were overcharged that day. EasyPark admits there was a “brief technical delay.” Anne Drewa reports for Consumer Matters.

The situation for animals at Marineland has taken another turn as the amusement park works to re-home its remaining marine mammals. After being denied an export permit for its belugas to an aquarium in China, Marineland now says its only options are to relocate the whales or euthanize them due to a lack of resources....

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was “disappointed” on Wednesday after the federal government wouldn’t sign off on a proposal that would send 30 beluga whales in captivity at Marineland to China. He said he was “encouraging the federal government to allow (Ontario) to make sure these whales survive in a really great atmosphere or...

They say it takes two to tango, but the Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana is trying to figure out how a baby swell shark was born in a tank holding two females that hadn’t seen a male in years. Heidi Petracek reports on the two possible explanations for this “virgin birth,” and what will confirm how...

A lonely sunfish is regaining its appetite after workers at a Japanese aquarium stuck paper cutouts of visitors to its tank. Staff say they noticed the creature seemed lonely after the aquarium temporarily shut down for rennovations, but it perked up once they put up the pictures of people’s faces and hung clothing to make...

There has been a complicated rescue operation off the B.C. coast to save another animal that had become entangled in fishing gear. Kylie Stanton has more on what needed to be done to help a sea lion that may have been unable to eat for months.

A giant baby king penguin in Australia is making an impression on the internet and drawing hundreds of visitors to a popular Australia aquarium. Chocolate-brown and fluffy, the nine-month-old chick named Pesto weighs 23.5 kilograms — more than twice the combined weight of his parents. Pesto is the largest chick Sea Life Melbourne has ever...

The Vancouver Aquarium has two new residents: orphaned sea otter pups. After the orphaned animals were taken in by rescue crews earlier this summer, the pair moved to the aquarium Monday night where it’s expected they’ll grow and thrive. Grace Ke reports.

Vancouver Aquarium visitors will soon have two new sea otter pups to gush over. Aquarium curator Juliana Kirkelie-Kim explains how staff are helping Tofino and Luna grow and why the facility will be their forever-home.

Vancouver Aquarium Executive Director Clint Wright discusses how the iconic attraction is preparing for its grand reopening.

Educator Danielle Eisner performs some at-home science experiments

BC Conservation Officers made an alarming discovery on Saturday. A woman in Terrace found invasive Zebra mussels in her aquarium. Conservation Officers south of the border first alerted authorities in Canada that shipments of moss balls, decorative plants that are often used in aquariums and ponds, were found contaminated with an invasive species of mussel.

The Vancouver Aquarium’s head veterinarian has made an unusual ‘house call’ off the west coast of Vancouver Island, to treat a whale with an infection. Linda Aylesworth reports

Facing bankruptcy because of the pandemic, the Vancouver Aquarium has been sold to private interests based in the United States. Herschend Family Entertainment owns the Harlem Globetrotters, Dollywood, two aquariums, and now, a Vancouver landmark. Ted Chernecki reports.

Fri, Jan 9 – There’s a Copper Rockfish at the Vancouver Aquarium that doesn’t quite look like the others. Martin Haulena tells Global News about him and why he was bullied by the other fish.

March 21: Animal cruelty charges have been laid against Riverfront Aquariums, and its current and former owners. Gary Bobrovitz reports.

Wed, Apr 6: A California sea lion has been rescued from Salt Spring Island and is now being treated at the Vancouver Aquarium Mammal Rescue Centre.

Airbnb’s latest contest is offering winners the chance to spend one night submerged inside a shark tank at the Aquarium de Paris.

When we talk about pollution in Burrard Inlet, we don’t always think about the noise pollution that happens there. Kathy Heise is a marine biologist with Vancouver aquarium’s cetacean research program and she’s been monitoring the noise levels in the i…

Wed, Aug 17: In honour of the Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival, Vancouver Aquarium’s Oceanwise chef Ned Bell whips up some unique cheese dishes that might make the participants run faster for that roll of Gouda.