Interning at the New England Aquarium

In our latest student takeover, we were joined by Charly Cooper who is interning during the summer of 2025 at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Find out more about her role below.

The hand of marine biology student, Charly Cooper, reaches towards a Giant pacific octopus which is pictured with it's arms and suckers. The picture is of the octopus in an aquarium tank, with a purple glow. — A giant Pacific octopus at the New England Aquarium.

Thank you guys so much for tuning into my UW Marine Biology Instagram takeover! I’m so happy to share my experience as an intern at the New England Aquarium.

In case you missed it, I documented a day in my life as an intern in the Yawkey Coral Reef Gallery! This takeover included tank maintenance, life support tasks, fun feeds, and intern events!

If you want to check out more, click the NEAQ internship highlight on Instagram!

Some of the highlights from my day were:

Feeding the moray and garden eels
Touring other interns’ galleries
Food prep
Prepping the gallery for the public to enjoy

: Gravel washing tank maintenance.

: Banana, the goldentail moray eel.

: A scribbled angel fish.

: Yawkey Coral Reef Gallery food prep.

: Charly stands next to a protein skimmer machine, which filters out waste and uneaten food from aquarium tanks.

: Directly feeding the coral at the aquarium.

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