The Florida Aquarium provides free and reduced-rate admission
for approximately 8,000 disadvantaged students each year, and
sponsor 50 youth annually for our "What's in Your Watershed"
youth camp. Additionally, over 1,000 science educators have
attended our free, year-round "Teach the Teacher" workshops. The
Aquarium is dedicated to inspiring the scientists and
environmentalists of tomorrow. The Florida Aquarium is one of
only a few rehabilitation facilities authorized by Florida Fish
& Wildlife for sea turtle care and is proud to have a full-time
veterinary program and medical staff to care for marine animals.
Cold-strandings, environmental disasters, boat strikes and
fishing gear entanglements bring sea turtles and river otters to
The Florida Aquarium for care and rehabilitation. The Florida
Aquarium has shown that many species of coral can be fragmented
and grown successfully in aquaculture systems and on underwater
sites. We were the first facility in the world to develop a
health certificate for placing