We’re busier than ever in 2025 as we visit Pre-K and elementary grade classrooms throughout the Fresno/Clovis metropolitan area as well as surrounding communities in the San Joaquin Valley with our ever-popular Teaching Tidepools® program. Seeing the student’s faces as they interact with our two educators and the tidepool animals …
The Fresno and Clovis high school Salmon Team students we mentor at CART (center for Advanced Research and Technology) spent a day on the San Joaquin River releasing the baby Chinook salmon they hatched out and grew in their classroom aquarium. Through this program, students learn what it takes …
The Fresno and Clovis high school students we mentor at the Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART) are keeping a saltwater coral reef aquarium in their classroom and learning positive, cutting-edge techniques for land-based coral spawning with the goal of selecting for more resilient individuals to increase genetic diversity in the wild. Also, by …
Spring 2024 – Fresno and Clovis high school students at the Center for Advanced Research and Technology’s environmental lab (CART) who are mentored by Aquarius Aquarium Institute released baby rainbow trout they raised from eggs in their classroom aquariums into the Kings River, just below Pine Flat Dam. By regularly testing the water in the …
Charter Members enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Sunnyside Country Club this year.
Fresno guitarist extraordinaire Benjamin Napoles will provide the entertainment for our 2023 Charter Member Dinner on Sunday, October 1st at the beautiful Sunnyside Country Club. Become a Charter Member or renew your Charter Membership today. We’d love to see you there!
Kyle’s Kids Fireworks Stand is back! We look forward to seeing everyone at our 2023 Kyle’s Kids Fireworks Stand where you can pick up an amazing assortment of safe and sane fireworks for your Independence Day celebration, while supporting the nonprofit Aquarius Aquarium Institute and Fresno Aquarium project at the same time! More information
Set in the beautiful garden of long-time Charter Member, Janie Jurkovich, our fun 2022 Charter Member Dinner brought everyone together once again to enjoy a delicious meal, hear some great music, celebrate all the Institute has accomplished in our local schools in the current year and receive the latest progress update on our journey to …
Betty Jane Jura, age 94, of Fresno, California passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. Betty was born June 13, 1928 in Fort Madison, Iowa. She and her husband Roy first donated 5, then 10 acres of their land to the Fresno Aquarium in 2006. Betty Jane Wood married Roy Jura in 1950 and were …
We often post about our Teaching Tidepools® program that brings living California sea creatures to local school classrooms, but we’re also excited when we can reach children in their own homes at birthday parties! Contact us today to find out how you can have cool tide pool animals along with our fun, interactive program come to …
