Aquarium & Shark Lab by Team ECCO

09/19/2025

09/08/2025

The diversity of or volunteers and staff never stops amazing me! Porter is a young man of many talents from shark feeding to cattle raising to bull riding and banjo playing! here is a great update i wanted to share His family is 100% behind him and that is true team work!

"Today had some ups and downs and that’s ok. There’s a lot to celebrate! Porter won first place in showmanship with John Wayne at the fair. They still have one show to go tomorrow and then they say goodbye. There aren’t enough words for that just yet, so I’ll save that for another post. Then we raced over to the WC rodeo Mars Hill finals. Porter was hoping to walk away with first place and a buckle, but things don’t always go the way we want. He came down a little short of the buzzer and ended the series in 2nd place. He’s disappointed, but that frustration fuels motivation. These weekends are wild and not slowing down anytime soon, but I truly love it!" from Jenna, Porter's mom

08/30/2025

Just a quick festival update:

Team ECCO provided outside fun and games for more than 300 kids and families from 10am-1 pm! We welcomed 149 visitors who spent quality time with our staff and volunteers as they intrracted with fish, sea stars,lobsters, tortoises, geckos and so much more!

Thank you to everyone who visited, volunteered, and worked to let others learn a bit about who we are.

08/29/2025

light up your weekend with us! Special family fun events out front of the aquarium tomorrow 8/30 from 10 am to 1 pm! proceeds benefit our scuba conservation program

08/19/2025

Just cute shot of our newest seahorse giving a lift to the banded cleaner shrimp!

08/18/2025

Oh the memories this photo brings!!!! The first team of divers on a trip shark diving in the Bahamas Where are you all now?

08/17/2025

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08/01/2025

I rarely check my personal account, and just found this great note! Had to share!

07/10/2025

we were ll be live for our small shark feed in about 5 minutes!! Plz join us

07/03/2025

Preview Video

07/02/2025

Egg-citing times at the Aquarium!

Our small sharks are producing eggs with large, rounded yokes. The red foot tortoise is he's are starting to show signs for hope that they are fertilized. We still have months t go, but we can be patient! She n the successful hatching of an egg from the right asian tortoises, we are staying positive! Emileigh found another red foot egg in the bottom of their nesting pit while changing the substrate today! And not to be left out, our flying gecko, Rango, has gifted us an egg as well!

Magic to mes at the sea!