Tennessee Aquarium

10 iconic American rivers to celebrate for National Rivers Month

Whether as a source of drinking water or travel, recreation or agriculture, rivers are central to the lives of billions of people worldwide.

The history of humans and their reliance on these waterways dates back thousands of years to when civilization first took root along the fertile banks of rive...

This year’s Turtle Month celebration plodded to an end as the sun set on World Turtle Day (May 23), but cultures across the world have long imbued these shelled reptiles with significance far greater than a single day — or even a month — could adequately reflect.

Since opening its doors in 1992, the Aquarium has shone a bright spotlight on the world’s 300+ species of turtles. In the decades since, our experts have had much success hatching and raising new generations of turtles, including some critically endangered species on the brink of extinction in the wild.

In this episode, two of our lead herpetology experts talk abou...

In life, there are many ways that your legacy can outlive you, but one of the most common — if no less flattering — is to have someone, or something, named in your honor.

In this episode, we’ll meet the scientific namesake of the Laurel Dace, a hard-luck minnow found in just a pair of streams on a ridge about an hour’s drive north of the Aquarium.

Fifty year...