New shipwreck home for giant eels  A quartet of giant conger eels are setting in to their new shipwreck home at Bristol Aquarium. The eels share their new display with a variety of other native species including sea bass, cuckoo wrasse and ballan wrasse. The eels, which currently measure around a metre in length, came … Continued

AQUARIUM TO SET ‘IQ TESTS’ FOR QUARTET OF OCTOPUS     A quartet of curled octopus is to be set a series of challenges as part of a new enrichment programme at Bristol Aquarium. The newly-arrived cephalopods will share a specially-themed habitat and aquarists are devising a training plan to ensure each octopus is kept both … Continued

Deadly ‘seaweed’ with fishy sting it the tail     A bizarre-looking venomous fish which disguises itself as seaweed has gone on display for the first time at Bristol Aquarium. The weedy scorpionfish is covered in seaweed-like appendages and venomous spines. Found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans the scorpionfish is a master of … Continued

Exotic new jellyfish spotted at Bristol Aquarium      An exotic new species of jellyfish has gone on display for the first time at Bristol Aquarium. The white spotted, or floating bell, jellyfish is native to the West Pacific from Australia to Japan and can grow up to half-a-metre in diameter. The jellyfish gets its … Continued

Aquarium adds giant snails to Botanical House A quintet of the world’s largest species of snail has gone on display in one of the large bio-domes at Bristol Aquarium. The giant tiger land snail, which is native to West Africa, can reach in excess of 18cms in the wild – making them the largest land … Continued

Bristol-born stickleback babies go on display  More than a dozen captive-bred stickleback babies have gone on display in a special nursery tank at Bristol Aquarium. The tiny sea sticklebacks, which measure just three centimetres in length, were born at the Harbourside attraction last month. Visitors were able to witness the complicated breeding process, which involved … Continued

Luxury pad for Rubber Frog and Crocodile Skink  A rubber frog and crocodile skink have been given a luxurious new home, complete with plunge pool and mini waterfall, at Bristol Aquarium. Aquarists at the Harbourside attraction have created a new habitat for the banded rubber frog with mosses, rocks and lush green foliage which mirrors … Continued

Quintet of spiny lobsters have arrived! A rare type of lobster which is normally found in the Mediterranean has gone on display at Bristol Aquarium. The spiny lobsters were caught off the southern tip of Ireland and donated to the Harbourside attraction by Dingle Oceanworld. They have been put on display in a specially-themed tank, … Continued

AQUARIUM’S GIANT OCTOPUS TO BECOME SCI-FI STAR A giant octopus from Bristol Aquarium is set to have a starring role on the cover of a new science fiction book. Elsa, the giant Pacific octopus, has been chosen by local author Paul R Goddard to be the main image on the cover of his newest book ‘Change’. … Continued

A trio of apple-sized snails are settling in to their new home at Bristol Aquarium after being donated by a member of the public. The Harbourside aquarium was gifted the three orange apple snails earlier this month and, following a spell in quarantine, they have now gone on display in their blind cave fish tank. … Continued