Aquarium News Archive

The Aquarium of the Pacific hosted guest speakers to discuss new data and predicted impacts related to Southern California’s warming waters. The press briefing was livestreamed to an audience nationwide. Watch the recording of the briefing and read the press release.

Aquarium’s Teen Climate Fest (Apr 25–26) celebrated Earth Day with activities such as teen-authored book readings, honoring Councilmember Kristina Duggan with the Corinne Monroe Earth Day award, and sharing the news of the update to the Marine Species Report Card

Learn about how the Aquarium is continuing to actively spawn the endangered marine snail, white abalone. Aquarium staff had a successful spawning event this year.

The Boeing Company presents a check in support of the Aquarium’s education programs.

You can now see two new sea otters—a rescued female pup named Sunny and an adult female named Rey. Both sea otters were deemed nonreleasable to the wild by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The hope is that when matured both otters will be surrogate mothers, so that more orphaned sea otter pups have a chance to return to the wild.

Aquarium of the Pacific added three new SoCal species to its free Marine Species Report Card, engaging the public in conservation with expert research and species data

The 2026 UC Climate Stewards course at the Aquarium of the Pacific begins on Earth Day. The course includes in-person classes, hands-on fieldwork, community engagement, and stewardship projects. The Aquarium shares how the first cohort of Climate Stewards is making a difference.

Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific will be able to see Meatloaf in the new sea turtle rehabilitation area starting on April 8, 2026

Aquarium staff provide wildlife recovery support in Ventura through its role in the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN)

After receiving nearly one year of rehabilitation and medical care at the Aquarium of the Pacific, a rescued green sea turtle has made its way back into the ocean.

Collect Marine Species Report Card trading cards at the Aquarium of the Pacific in 2026! Explore exhibits, earn cards monthly, and learn about species through their stories and conservation efforts.

Aquarium of the Pacific among those honored for helping tidewater gobies after the Palisades Fire

The public can now see Rosie in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat.

The Aquarium is part of the global initiative led by ReShark that is working to restore endangered shark and ray populations

The sea turtle was rescued, brought to the Aquarium for medical care and rehabilitation, and was released at Seal Beach