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Birth of a blotchy swell shark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile) image

2018.12.27

Birth of a blotchy swell shark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile)
Going back and forth from one uterus to another! The world’s first observation of this swimming behavior in tawny nurse shark embryos. image

2018.12.27

Going back and forth from one uterus to another! The world’s first observation of this swimming behavior in tawny nurse shark embryos.
Release of a video showing whale shark research conducted around the Galapagos Islands!! image

2018.12.25

Release of a video showing whale shark research conducted around the Galapagos Islands!!
Shark Scales exhibit begins image

2018.12.12

Shark Scales exhibit begins
The world’s first successful footage of a luminescent shark. Recorded on the seabed at a depth of 500 meters. image

2018.12.07

The world’s first successful footage of a luminescent shark. Recorded on the seabed at a depth of 500 meters.

How can we deal with the issue of ocean trash? image

2018.11.05

How can we deal with the issue of ocean trash?
Change in location of the replica of a megalodon shark’s jaw image

2018.09.06

Change in location of the replica of a megalodon shark’s jaw

Exhibit of Aulopus damasi, a deep-sea fish that fluoresces under ultraviolet light! image

2018.08.21

Exhibit of Aulopus damasi, a deep-sea fish that fluoresces under ultraviolet light!
Exhibit of the rare beautiful large deep-sea Rumphius’ slit shell!! August 16th, 2018 image

2018.08.21

Exhibit of the rare beautiful large deep-sea Rumphius’ slit shell!! August 16th, 2018
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is just beside you! The “Churaumi App” is now available! image

2018.08.13

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is just beside you! The “Churaumi App” is now available!
An original book by Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Amazing Sharks A 3D picture book about shark skin! is now available for purchase! image

2018.08.01

An original book by Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Amazing Sharks A 3D picture book about shark skin! is now available for purchase!
Our first exhibit of the alien-like baby deep-sea pram bugs!! image

2018.07.04

Our first exhibit of the alien-like baby deep-sea pram bugs!!
A bull shark in our care for 40 years! Updating the world record for the longest captivity of a bull shark!! image

2018.06.28

A bull shark in our care for 40 years! Updating the world record for the longest captivity of a bull shark!!
Churaumi Aquarium coral has spawned annually for 17 years! On June 12th 2018, we confirmed coral spawning had occurred in the Coral Sea tank! image

2018.06.14

Churaumi Aquarium coral has spawned annually for 17 years! On June 12th 2018, we confirmed coral spawning had occurred in the Coral Sea tank!
Sandbar shark pups born at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium!! image

2018.06.04

Sandbar shark pups born at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium!!
Observing coral larvae image

2018.05.28

Observing coral larvae
Alien in the deep-sea!! Deep-sea pram bug exhibit. image

2018.05.25

Alien in the deep-sea!! Deep-sea pram bug exhibit.

Rusty jobfish exhibit at the aquarium! image

2018.05.25

Rusty jobfish exhibit at the aquarium!
World’s first confirmation of sexual maturity in an Alfred manta ray, Mobula alfredi, by long-term monitoring!! image

2018.01.30

World’s first confirmation of sexual maturity in an Alfred manta ray, Mobula alfredi, by long-term monitoring!!