Francis Yupangco
  • Francis is a marine biologist with an MBA and over 20 years of professional aquarium experience. Francis is the former Aquatic Development Manager at Hagen USA., makers of Fluval brand aquarium products. He co-stars on Nat Geo WILD's reality TV series Fish Tank Kings where he is the resident "Fish Geek" and was Director of Marketing at Living Color Aquariums. He is an avid explorer having visited over 45 countries and lived in 7. At 17, he was among the youngest aquarists ever hired by the Vancouver Aquarium, where he worked for 7 years. His aquatic biology experience ranges from larval fish rearing to the design, construction and operational management of renowned public aquariums around the world. Francis is currently head of marketing at the world's largest vertically integrated fish farming company.

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Inspirational Shark Attack Survirors

Inspirational Shark Attack Survirors

The summer of 2015 has seen an increasingly high number of shark attacks. Coming at the 40th anniversary of Jaws, the media has caught what seems to be shark fever. For the last couple months, I have been covering the spate of sad stories. But those horrifying attacks...

Stunning Human Aquarium ‘Sky-Pool’

Stunning Human Aquarium ‘Sky-Pool’

The Nine Elms Development in London is going to add a 90 foot swimming pool, enclosed in glass, that will be suspended 10 stories above ground. The aquarium pool is connected between two apartment buildings. How about just swimming to your neighbors house? The...

Cooking Oil Causes Fish Deaths In Washington

Cooking Oil Causes Fish Deaths In Washington

With a very warm summer and a mild winter wild fish deaths in Washington State have been higher than normal. The ongoing forest fires in the state maybe magnifying the problem . This time, however, the fish deaths are from a very unlikely cause: cooking oil. Hundreds...

Rescued Great White Shark Likely Still Alive

Rescued Great White Shark Likely Still Alive

In July, a young Great White Shark became stranded on a Cape Cod beach. People on the beach saw the shark in distress, and came to its rescue by throwing water on its gills to help it breath. State Officials were immediately called and were able to drag the shark into...

Proposal To Remove Exotic Fish In Kelly, Wyoming

Proposal To Remove Exotic Fish In Kelly, Wyoming

Kelly Warm Spring in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, has been an illegal dumping ground for non-native aquarium fish since the 1940's. The non-native fish have become a threat to native species. Aquarium dumping is a widespread problem throughout all of the Unites...

World Champion Freediver Natalie Molchanova Presumed Drowned

World Champion Freediver Natalie Molchanova Presumed Drowned

Natalia Molchanova, regarded as the World's greatest competitive free diver, has been presumed drowned. Molchanova was teaching a private freediving lesson off the coast of Spain with friends, and had gone down for a recreational dive herself, when she didn't come to...

First Complete Octopus Genome Sequence Discovered

First Complete Octopus Genome Sequence Discovered

Science is a wonderful and fascinating thing that never ceases to amaze us. Scientist's now discovered the first complete genome sequence for any octopus. A genome is the complete set of genetic material in a cell or organism. To put it another way, a genome is like...

Name That Octopus

Name That Octopus

The Sea Life Michigan Aquarium is currently conducting on online poll to name its Enteroctopus dofleini, or Giant Pacific Octopus. The 14 month old female octopus arrived at the Aquarium last December and has remained unnamed. She weighs around 12 pounds, but is not...

Undulate Ray’s Born at Sea Life London Aquarium

Undulate Ray’s Born at Sea Life London Aquarium

Undulate Rays are an Endangered Species that is primarily found in the waters of England. The rays typically grow to between 10-20 pounds and can live up to 20 years. Over fishing has been blamed for the decimation of the natural population of Undulate Rays, and...