The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher is getting ready for some big renovations. The aquarium will close early this year for new renovations but will temporarily relocate some it's facilities at ...

The new year has brought new life to the Birch Aquarium, where a little blue penguin chick hatched last month — the first one ever born on the West Coast, the aquarium announced on Thursday. Hatched ...

The Birch Aquarium welcomed some new guests this week -- ravioli-sized newborn Big Skates, who will live in the nursery habitat in the Hall of Fishes. Big Skates are the largest species of skates ...

The aquarium received two egg cases from the Aquarium of the Bay. Big Skates lay large, dark brown egg cases that are made of a hard protein. Commonly referred to as a mermaid’s purse, each egg case ...