Aquarium

GULFPORT, MS — Mississippi Aquarium, in a partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, is sending more than 10,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and plastic trinkets to be recycled at the Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO).

The bead drive started in mid-February and ran through the end of March.

“The drive was a huge success for the community,” Mississippi Aquarium Public Relations and Communications Manager Jeff Clark…

A six-year-old from Wisconsin got his wish granted to visit a famous Mississippi couple and also visit the Mississippi Aquarium thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Sawyer Doyle is only six-years-old, but has had many complications undergoing four open-heart surgeries due to a heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Sawyer’s teacher nominated him for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. His wish was to visit Laurel,…

The journey of Fog, an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, probably started somewhere in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, although juvenile turtles can live as far north as Nova Scotia.

But in December 2020, Fog was found cold-stunned on the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. He was admitted with pneumonia to New England Aquarium on December 11, 2020. The pneumonia was due to the bacteria,…

After you catch your Mardi Gras beads you might be wondering what to do with them.

Instead of throwing away your Mardi Gras cheer, bring your extra throws to the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport.

From now until April 2^nd, you can drop off your unwanted throws to the aquarium and they’ll bring the beads to the Arc of Greater New Orleans where they’ll be recycled.

Once the throws arrive, the arc turns bead sorting into…