Tropical Storm Cristobal left a big mess on beaches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but that created an opportunity for the Mississippi Aquarium. The Gulfport facility plans to recycle driftwood ...

Aquariums have long inhabited the uneasy terrain between obsessive avocation and kitschy interior decoration. Sure, they're fine for the introverted adolescent with a bent for the natural sciences, ...

Drinda Jacobson of Joshua also keeps a 65-gallon rimless tank, in addition to her 95-gallon version. The fish are Congo tetras. Luis Navarro, lives in Houston, created a lush composition of Java fern ...