Press Releases Archives - Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Celebrates the Beginning of Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Posted April 8, 2021

Sea turtle nesting season is kicking off April 10 with a virtual Sea Turtle Awareness Day event. Nesting season runs May 1 – October 31.

Entangled Right Whale Found Dead off South Carolina Coast

Updated March 8, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021

Chronic entanglement was this right whale’s cause of death.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Announces Opening Date for Immersive Whale Exhibit

Updated March 18, 2021 Posted February 21, 2021

Whales: Living with Giants, an immersive new exhibit, kicks off this spring and runs through summer at CMA’s brand new visitor center

Rare Whale Calf Spotted by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute Biologists

Updated March 4, 2021 Posted December 30, 2020

This is the fourth mom and calf pair spotted this season

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute Expands Aerial Survey Area to Track One of the Rarest Whales in the World

Updated March 3, 2021 Posted December 21, 2020

Efforts are critical to the survival of Right whales in North America

First Two Right Whale Calves Sighted off Georgia and Florida Coast

Updated March 3, 2021 Posted December 9, 2020

This year’s calving season is critical to the species’ survival

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Successfully Rehabs, Releases Critically Endangered Sea Turtle Back into the Wild

Updated November 13, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020

After removing a fishing hook from the turtle’s throat, “Heath” made a full recovery.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Releases Huge Sea Turtle Back into the Wild

Updated November 13, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020

Weighing 245 lbs., “Luna” the loggerhead is the largest sea turtle rehabilitated by CMA in 10 years

Rex and Rudy, the Rescued Rough-Toothed Dolphins, Find their Forever Home at Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Posted August 10, 2020

Clearwater Marine Aquarium welcomes its newest rescued resident, a rough-toothed dolphin named Rex.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Unveils Winter the Dolphin’s New Home

Posted August 3, 2020

Clearwater Marine Aquarium fulfills its 14-year vision of providing a new habitat for Winter the Dolphin by unveiling the Dolphin Tale star’s 1.5 million gallon Ruth and J. O. Stone Dolphin Complex habitat with a ribbon cutting.