Animal Updates | Mammals | Conservation | Education | Whale Watching
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Grays Galore! | Julien 
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In the last blog I wrote about the killer whale pod, the CA51’s, being back again on the 6th of January, and guess what? They were back the following day on the 7th! So we had TWO days in a row with these whales and were very, very spoiled naturalists. Also, lots and lots of gray whale sightings!
Animal Updates | Fish | Sharks | Volunteering
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Who Knew You Could Cuddle a Shark? | Hugh
Shark Training with Senior Aquarist Nicky and Fern the Zebra Shark
To a lot of people being in the water with a large shark conjures up the sounds of the JAWS theme in their minds. However if you’re in the water with Fern the Zebra Shark it’s more likely to conjure up the song “You got a friend in me.”
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, January 08, 2015
The Hunters Return! | Julien
The return of the CA51 Killer whale pod, gray whales, humpbacks, fins and more!
Animal Updates | Mammals | Penguins | Sharks | Turtles | Volunteering
Thursday, January 01, 2015
My Aquarium Year In Pictures | Hugh
An Aquarium of the Pacific Volunteer's 2014 Photo Album
As we head into the New Year I thought we’d take a look back in pictures; this is a husbandry volunteer’s 2014 at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Conservation | Education | Whale Watching
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Update: Killer Whales and Grays! | Julien
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More Killer Whales
Hello whale lovers! Since we are in the midst of the Holiday Season I wanted to give you all a short and sweet update about our recent killer whale and gray whale sightings! Read on to check it out…
Animal Updates | Mammals | Video | Volunteering
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Do You Want to Build A Snowman… for the Sea Otters? | Hugh
A decade-long tradition continues. Building a snowman for the sea otters at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Conservation | Education | Whale Watching
Thursday, December 11, 2014
A Killer Holiday Season | Julien
There has certainly been quite a buzz around the area about our recent killer whale sightings! As mentioned briefly in the last blog, we did have a sighting last month on November 25th of about seven of the ETP (Eastern Tropical Pacific) killer whales. These are whales that are super rare for our waters from the Mexico and Central America area. After this sighting, which included a lot of great activity, they traveled further north. But that is not where the excitement ended!
Animal Updates | Mammals | Volunteering
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Sea Lions Versus Seals | Hugh
A tongue in cheek look at the differences
What’s the difference between a seal and a sea lion? Well a sea lion’s selfie would include all his buddies in the picture while a seal’s selfie would be just of itself. A tongue-in-cheek look at the differences between the two pinniped species.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Fintastic Fall and Killer Whales! | Julien
Fin whales, Killer Whales, and our first Grays of the season!
Hello whale lovers! So much has been going on! As you have been reading in the previous blogs, we have been seeing tons of friendly humpback whales and a few blues. Even though the humpbacks, and even some blues, have still been around this month, the real show stealers have been the fin whales! It is common for us to see fin whales closer to shore in the fall since they tend to feed further offshore during the summer months. Just a few days ago, we spotted our first gray whale of the season! Also, meet one of our many amazing naturalists, Jennifer Thompson!
Animal Updates | Birds | Enrichment | Video | Volunteering
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Lorikeet Feeding Frenzy Time Lapse | Hugh
Just when you thought it was safe for apples to go back up onto trees. A time-lapse of lorikeets devouring apples and pears in Lorikeet Forest.
