Visitors to Portsmouth’s Blue Reef Aquarium will be able to enjoy close encounters with weird and wonderful crabs and lobsters from around the world as part of their ‘Claws – Incredible Crustaceans’ event (February 13th-21st). From comical cleaner shrimps and hermit crabs to giant lobsters and mighty edible crabs this exciting event offers a fascinating … Continued

Visitors to Portsmouth’s Blue Reef Aquarium will be able to create their very own jellyfish hats, funky fish and octopus artworks as part of a new ‘arts and crafts’ event taking place this weekend (January 30th – 31st). Aimed mainly at families with younger children, there will be three arty events taking place daily at … Continued

The annual stock-take takes place from Saturday, January 16th to Sunday, January 17th at Portsmouth’s Blue Reef Aquarium with their own version of a ‘fishy census!’ Throughout the weekend, staff at the Southsea aquarium are inviting visitors to volunteer to help spot and record the number of certain species including sharks, rays and seahorses. The … Continued

Visitors to Portsmouth’s Blue Reef Aquarium will be able to enjoy some extremely close encounters with a variety of creepy creatures, revolting reptiles and fearsome fish as part of a special October Half Term event. ‘Monsters Week’, which runs from Saturday, October 24th until Sunday, November 1st features some of the natural world’s scariest critters … Continued