Celebrating 30 Years of Bringing Out the Kid in All of Us

Today, Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA, the nation's only theme park based entirely on the award-winning show Sesame Street, marks its 30th birthday.

Sesame Place Characters

In celebration of the first National Dance Day Saturday, July 31, SeaWorld animals "dance" to their own beat. National Day Dance is being recognized as a day to promote exercise, self-esteem and a healthy lifestyle.

See SeaWorld's biggest stars groovin' to the music and join us on Facebook.com/SeaWorld!

Dying to know this year's Howl-O-Scream theme? We'd love to share all the details, but you'll have to wait just a little longer. We can tell you that Busch Gardens Tampa has announced that they found a “killer band" to rock all 18 nights of Howl-O-Scream. Check out My X's hit on the Howl-O-Scream site, MyXRocks.com.

 

SeaWorld San Diego veterinarians went to extraordinary lengths to save the life of one of the park's dolphins. Dottie, a 23-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, went into kidney failure due complications from kidney stones, but thanks to a team of highly-skilled “human” doctors from the University of California at San Diego Medical Center, her life was saved through medical procedures never before performed on a dolphin.

They're not pink, but they are all leg. Since June 3, seven baby Caribbean flamingos have hatched at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The most recent was born on Sunday, July 25.

Baby Flamingo with keeper

Could Snoop Dogg and Clyde the Sea Lion be rap's next powerhouse duo!?

Snoop Dogg and Clyde the Sea Lion at SeaWorld

This Thursday, July 29 catch Julie Scardina on the "TODAY Show" with SeaWorld and Busch Gardens animal ambassadors native to Australia. 

Today Show

SeaWorld animal care specialists are a little bleary-eyed this week as they provide 24-hour care for a weeks-old, baby manatee. Orphaned by her mother, the female calf arrived at the park's rehabilitation center on July 24 after being rescued from the waters of Daytona Beach, Fla.

 

At nearly 1½ tons, Forest - a black rhinoceros - mashes a watermelon with a special birthday message. Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

 Recently, nearly 50 players and winners from Survivor, The Amazing Race and American Idol spent the day at Discovery Cove. The stars were in Orlando to benefit Give Kids the World, a wish-fulfilling organization supported by SeaWorld and its parks.

SeaWorld Orlando team members spent a hot July day with The Nature Conservancy at Mosquito River Lagoon in Merritt Island, Florida. They worked hard to create a quilt of oyster mats in knee deep water designed to re-establish damaged oyster beds.

Did you know that even our feathered family members contribute to conservation? The feathers some of our birds naturally shed, or molt, are donated each month to the Feather Distribution Project. This worthwhile organization redistributes donated plumes to Native American tribes in an effort to prevent the illegal smuggling and plucking of endangered birds.

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