Home to 10,000 animals, come see why the Tennessee Aquarium is one of the best family outings the country. | Visit Chattanooga

The waterways of Southern Appalachia are brimming with an incredible diversity of aquatic species. This natural abundance has earned the region the distinction among scientists as a hot spot of biodiversity likened to an “underwater rainforest.” What better place to focus our efforts for the centerpiece of our new Ridges to Rivers gallery, a sprawling recreation of a life-filled mountain stream? | Tennessee Aquarium

Happy World Penguin Day!! 🐧🐧 Our Gentoo and Macaroni Penguins are one of the most-beloved residents of the Aquarium, and keeping them happy and healthy takes A LOT of work. In this latest Fish Person Point of View, take a walk in our senior care specialist's shoes for a busy morning in Penguins' Rock! | Tennessee Aquarium

In early May, the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute traveled more than 200 miles — deep into the mountains on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina — to release more than 80 baby Southern Appalachian Brook Trout into a beautiful stream! This waterway is a tributary of the Nolichucky River, which flows farther north than previous release sites. Targeting a new location is a significant milestone in the effort to reclaim the historic range of Tennessee's only native trout species

In this week's entry in our ODDtober Spooky A Cutie video series, we'd like to shine a light on the secretly carnivorous habits of Southern Flying Squirrel! #nature #biology #animals #flyingsquirrels #squirrels #whattheheck #didyouknow #todayilearned #dyk #til #weird | Tennessee Aquarium