Texas State Aquarium
Exhibits & Animals
Amazon
Dare to enter the mysterious world of an Amazon rainforest. Encounter the exotic, the fierce and the deadly as you explore the diversity of species, our connections with the animals and products of the rainforests, and the need to preserve this unique natural resource.
Dolphin Bay
Get an up close and personal look at Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Our 400,000-gallon saltwater exhibit features two male dolphins: Shadow and Kai, and visitors can experience these majestic marine mammals above the water and even below, in our unique underwater viewing room, featuring a 70-foot acrylic window.
Dolphin Bay Underwater Room
Get an up close and personal look at Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Our 400,000-gallon saltwater exhibit features two male dolphins: Shadow and Kai, and visitors can experience these majestic marine mammals above the water and even below, in our unique underwater viewing room, featuring a 70-foot acrylic window.
Eagle Pass
Opened in April 2009, Eagle Pass promotes a strong message of backyard conservation. All of the raptors featured in this exhibit were rescued and rehabilitated at the Texas State Aquarium. Perhaps the most regal raptor of the exhibit is Grace, a bald eagle. Rehabilitated in Alaska, Grace was deemed non-releasable and will have a home in Eagle Pass, where visitors can get a personal look at America’s bird, something you may not be able to do in the wild.
Floating Phantoms
Our Floating Phantoms exhibit is fascinating to visitors-seeing these stinging creatures from a safe perspective is incredible. This 800-gallon exhibit at the Aquarium features a wide variety of species including Pacific sea nettles, moon jellies, purple stripe jellies and Atlantic sea nettles, many of which are found on our local beaches.
Flower Gardens
This 40,000-gallon exhibit replicates an actual coral reef located approximately 300 miles straight out the Aquarium’s back door in the Gulf of Mexico. Watch tarpon, green moray eels, porcupine fish, French angelfish, cow-nose stingrays and barracuda interact with our divers during our daily Diver in the Water presentation.
Hawn Wild Flight Theater
Featuring a variety of trained birds, including birds of prey, parrots, and other exotic small mammals, these highly entertaining and informative presentations showcase various feathered species and deliver an inspiring and empowering message of wildlife conservation.