Creating Positive Change for the Natural Environment
The Florida Aquarium actively participates in and promotes stewardship of the natural environment as part of our mission of conservation.
We are all connected to the big blue ocean. The Florida Aquarium team believes we can and must turn the tide on the threats now facing her.
Our efforts focus on coral reefs, sea turtles and sharks found in our blue backyard —Tampa Bay, The Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys and Cuba. Through scientific diving, research and rescue efforts, we are helping to restore Florida’s disappearing coral reefs, rehabilitating and returning sea turtles to the ocean, and addressing the dwindling sand tiger shark populations. And that’s just for starters … there’s so much more, from educating and inspiring our community about conservation action to supporting swallow-tailed kite population research, African penguin nesting in South Africa, and Lemur conservation in Madagascar. We are working passionately every day to protect and restore our blue planet.