Animal Updates | Mammals | Conservation | Volunteering
Monday, February 25, 2008
Behind-the-Scenes Sea Lion Update & Sustainable Seafood Day | Staci 
Milo and Harpo are still working hard with their trainers on new behaviors and living it up in their home behind-the-scenes.
Volunteering | Fish
Friday, February 22, 2008
Quarantine part 2 | David
Remember the part in the movie Finding Nemo when the gramma freaked out when Nemo told them that he was from the ocean? Then the cleaner shrimp cleaned Nemo and all was well? If only disinfecting fish were that simple in real life! Though cleaner shrimps do help with cleaning their fellow aquarium inhabitants, they are not miracle workers. That is where we as aquarists come in. We must quarantine and medicate new arrivals to ensure their health and the health of the overall fish community they will be living with.
Conservation | Education | Volunteering
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Green Team Community Trash Pickup a Success | Josie
More than half a ton of trash disappeared from the streets of Long Beach on a recent Saturday morning as about 340 people helped pick up refuse in the Downtown Long Beach area surrounding Cesar Chavez Park.
Volunteering | Birds | Mammals | Sharks | Turtles
Thursday, February 14, 2008
HUGH’S SATURDAY WITH THE CRITTERS | Hugh
For those of you who wonder what I actually do during my Saturday marine mammal shift at the Aquarium of the Pacific, this week’s blog is a rundown of my day.
Whale Watching | Mammals
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Whale Watching in Cabo San Lucas! | Staci
It’s only February, but it’s been a pretty exciting year so far. The beginning of the month was particularly rousing, as I found myself on a cruise around the Mexican Riviera, constantly keeping an eye out for marine animals! I took every single opportunity offered to me to get out on the water, as well as in the water. It was just off the coast of Cabo San Lucas that our snorkeling trip turned into an unexpected, yet welcome, whale-watching fiesta!
Education | Volunteering
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Inviting Myself To ‘Hang Out’ With Kindergarteners | Josie
Every now and again it’s great fun to tag along with a school group of touring children, to enjoy their enthusiasm for the Aquarium of the Pacific as well as to enlighten them with facts about our wonderful animals and our waves exhibit.
Conservation | Education | Mammals
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tracking a Seal by Satellite | Hugh
Back in the summer of 1999, a visitor watching our sea lions swim past the pinniped tunnel at the Aquarium of the Pacific mentioned to me that she had taken a vacation up to Hearst Castle recently and while there had seen elephant seals resting on the beach. She noticed that a few had faded orange tags on their flippers and that one of the seals had a tag that read 3709. The number sounded familiar so I looked it up in my records. It was quite a revelation. The seal that the woman saw on the beach was “Mac”, an elephant seal that I helped track by satellite two years before. I thought it might be cool to share with everyone the details of Mac’s voyage that year.
Conservation | Education
After Learning ‘MPAese’, What Comes Next? | Corinne
Now that you are conversant with MPA jargon as a result of reading my last blog, MLPA, MPA, SMR, SMP, SMCA: Speaking ‘MPAese’, you may be wondering what happens next.
Conservation | Whale Watching | Mammals
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
A Whale of an Adventure! | Staci
As a marine mammal enthusiast, going whale watching is probably one of my most favorite things to do. At the Aquarium, we strive to educate our guests about all different types of marine mammals but you can’t really appreciate their true size and beauty until you’ve seen these magnificent animals up close!
Birds | Fish | Mammals
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Shark Lagoon and Other News | Leah
Shark Lagoon’s touch pools have been “no touch” pools for the last few weeks. There has been medication in the water.
