Aquarium & Shark Lab

We now have "I ❤️ Charlotte" buttons! Available for sell at the aquarium!

Yes, our stingray Charlotte is about to be a mom! Pups are either the result of parthenogenesis or cross mating with a small shark! Join us on Facebook 2/8 at 1 pm as we go live for the next ultrasound #wlosnews13 #wspa #askhendo #blueridgenow #hendersonvillenc @SeaGrantNC

Come see us this Saturday for Santa Under the Sea! Santa will be taking pictures with people from 1:30 to 3 PM!

Spa day!!!! Getting ready for Santa coming this Saturday at the aquarium!! 🎅

teamecco.org/giving-tuesday… This holiday season we are asking you to join us and support our outreach education programs. Simply follow the link to our web and click the Giving Tuesday Campaign Thank you from our staff, volunteers, interns, and sharks! Brenda

Come out to see us carve pumpkins with the sharks! Tomorrow at 1:30 pm! Haunted tanks will also be going on all day! #halloween #sharks

Our Bearded Dragons Drax and Camelot say hello to each other!! Females will wave hello while males bob their head and turn their beards black!

Hanging out with the Green Wolf Eel Blenny this morning!

We made it to see @ashevilletourists!

We are on our way to the baseball game at McCormick Field!!!

Florida Horse Conchs can be silly! Here is ours taking a leap in search of her favorite snack, other snails!! @NCConservation @HVL_NC @NOAANCEI @noaacoastalsci @oceana @OurOcean

In case you think tortoises eat slowly.....,⁦@AskHendo⁩ ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@NOAAeducation⁩

Wow! Look at Team ECCO go! We are with Nat Geo to educate and celebrate sharks! ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@HCPSNC⁩ ⁦@Sharks4Kids⁩ ⁦@asheville⁩ ⁦@NCHouseGOP⁩ ⁦@WLOS_13⁩ ⁦@WSPA7⁩ ⁦@AskWNC⁩

On the road with Reptiles Rock outreach to Bakersville NC😎 team ECCO reaching out for education! ⁦@HCPSNC⁩ ⁦@HendersonCoCham⁩ ⁦@AskHendo⁩ ⁦@asheville⁩ ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@WLOS_13⁩ ⁦@WSPA7⁩ ⁦@NCSenators⁩

Last year we were in Exuma tagging sharks- except when Jacob and kinsley were paddle boarding and Gabriela was doing head stands

Apparently, when you leave blue reef lobster molts out in the sun, they turn red!

Team ECCO in beautiful Rutherfordton with WYCW 7 ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@SeaGrantNC⁩ ⁦@Greenville_SC⁩ ⁦@HCPSNC⁩ ⁦@HendersonCoCham⁩

In Key Largo at Quiescence Michael R training the newest Team ECCO divers Satah, Andrew , Mason, &Justin new gen of ocean explorers and scientists ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@NCSeaGrant⁩ ⁦@Greenville_SC⁩ ⁦@HCPSNC⁩ ⁦@AskHendo⁩

@FishGuyDave Emaciated most likely digestive obstruction Swallowed hook or other item

Our little beardie Camelot has decided to go festive for the 4th and design her shed to look like a lions mane! ⁦@NCConservation⁩ ⁦@SeaGrantNC⁩ ⁦@ncscifest⁩ ⁦@NCScience⁩ ⁦@Reptile9LoL⁩