Meet our Gar Squad: Garbanzo, Garlic, Garnet, Gardenia, and… Geoff! 😆 Gars are “living fossils” that have been swimming the planet for over 150 million years, and have barely changed since the age of dinosaurs! The longnose and spotted gars in the Ancestral Fishes exhibit are target trained to swim to a floating hoop at feeding time, making sure each one gets the right amount of food and some extra enrichment. Each gar has their own distinct personality: Garbanzo always comes back for seconds (

Welcome to Night at the Aquarium! We will be posting exciting, never before seen, nighttime glimpses of our nocturnal animals every week! This week, we are featuring the infamous Longnose Gar. If an alligator and a fish had a baby, this would be it! Gar fish are nocturnal ambush predators that are active and hunt at night. They are notoriously known for their tough skin and amazing ability to survive in the harshest of conditions. Their diamond-shaped scales are so thick and strong, they are use