Seahorses

Discover more about our graceful herd of Big Bellied Seahorses from Australasia. Our Learning Lab exhibit is the place to be for anybody looking to learn about our youngest creatures since it's home to several of Bristol Aquarium's babies and adolescents. The exhibit gives our visitors the perfect opportunity to see these creatures up close and personal at their earliest development stages as well as take a closeup peek to the animals in our rock pool exhibit! This is also where you will also find many of our extra talks, activities and workshops that take place during the school holidays. A range of fun and interesting species live right here in our Learning Lab exhibit. From Iberian newts to our Big-Bellied Seahorses which we breed right in Bristol Aquarium. Our Learning Lab inhabitants come from regions all around the world, with most having origins in the UK, Mediterranean and Australia. You can get up close to Short Snouted and Big Bellied Seahorses, Bangaii Cardinalfish and Blue Pipefish in our nursery displays. You can even pop your head up through the middle of our seahorse lighthouse to feel like you are swaying amongst the sea creatures and seagrass. Can you spot all our rockpool inhabitants? You might need to look very closely! Some are very good at hiding, while other rockpool animals have perfected the art of camouflage which makes them difficult to see at first glance.