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10/22/2026

Don’t miss out on the Halloween fun! Join us this weekend for Ascarium at the New York Aquarium, featuring animal chats, costume parades, face painting, bubble performances, marine-themed magic shows, Halloween crafts, Spookley’s 4D Jamboree in the 4D theater, and so much more!

The Ascarium experience and activities are included with New York Aquarium admission, and there are only two weekends left— Don’t miss out, catch it October 24-25 and 31 from 11 am-4 pm. Get tickets: https://bit.ly/4z3tDov

📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay

10/21/2026

Our final spotlight for National Vet Tech Week is Hospital Manager and Vet Tech Patty who has been working with us for almost 24 years! Read on to learn more about her work:

✨ Favorite animal: Sea Otter

✨ What you like most about your job: Being able to work with aquatic species, which have fascinated me since I was a kid!

10/20/2026

We’re continuing our National Vet Tech Week spotlights. Next up, we’re featuring Senior Vet Tech Vickie who has been working with WCS for 10 years! Read on to learn more about her work:

✨ Favorite animal: My favorite animals to work with are California sea lions and harbor seals- specifically Bruiser, Halftime, and Pickles!

✨ What you like most about your job: I love the team and the animals I work with; they make it a very rewarding experience every day!

✨ Favorite story or case: The most rewarding thing for me is when I am successful at getting blood from our harbor seals under behavioral control, after months of practice (desensitization).

✨What skills are most useful: As an aquatics LVT, being adaptive and accommodating is a must. We have to constantly think outside the box and MacGuyver things!

📚 Something most people don’t know about LVTs: We play a plethora of roles such as pharmacists, anesthetists, radiology technicians, phlebotomists, patient care advocates, educators, dental hygienists, laboratory technicians, and more!

10/19/2026

This National Vet Tech Week we’re spotlighting our team and their dedication. To kick off the week we’re featuring LVT Kate! Read on to learn more about her work:

🦈 Favorite animal: Epaulette shark

✨ What you like most about your job: I love that I am able to contribute to the conservation of these beautiful marine species, especially since a lot of them are native to NY waters!

🦈 Favorite LVT story or case: Our yearly sand tiger shark health assessments where we get in the water with them!

🤝 What skills are most useful: Being open-minded and willing to collaborate with others.

🐧 Something most people don’t know about LVTs: In one day we could collect blood on a penguin, give IV fluids to a shark, perform a necropsy on a sea star, give intramuscular treatments to a fish, and do a visual exam on a sea lion!

10/18/2026

Happy National Vet Tech Week! This week is dedicated to celebrating the incredible veterinary technicians around the country. Here at the New York Aquarium, our licensed vet techs (LVTs) are critical to animal care, as they are responsible for monitoring our animals’ vital signs, placing IV catheters, drawing blood, running lab tests, anesthesia, performing dental procedures, radiographs and CT-scans, and assisting our veterinarians in a wide variety of procedures.

To celebrate our incredible vet tech team for their hard work, expertise, and dedication, we’ll be spotlighting Kate, Vickie, and Patty’s stories over the next few days.

10/13/2026

When you watch our California sea lions and harbor seals underwater in Sea Change, have you noticed that they often swim upside down? This behavior is sometimes called ‘scanning’ or ‘hunt swim’. Because their eyes are positioned on top of their heads, swimming upside down helps them to scan for food and predators below them.

🎥: Keeper Olivia

10/10/2026

Ascarium, the fall event you’ve been counting down to, opens today! Look at what’s included with admission!

🐙NEW Sea of Illusions - learn how animals hide, camouflage, change forms, and more.
🐙NEW Pumpkin Sculptures - unique fall photo ops with shark and octopus pumpkin sculptures.
🐙NEW Bubble Performances - enjoy interactive bubble play with a costumed performer.

Plus, all your family’s favorite activities, including Halloween crafts, costume parades, Wildlife Theater, magic shows, face painting, spooky scavenger hunts, and so much more! Get tickets at the link in profile. https://bit.ly/3ZqHiVK

📸: WCS Photographer, Terria Clay

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602 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11224

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+17182653474

Website

http://nyaquarium.com/

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