Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, September 08, 2011
A Repeat of Last Year? | Kera 
I sure hope so!
In August and September of 2010, we had some of the best days of blue whale watching I’ve ever seen! Late last August the whale sightings started to increase quite a bit. At first it was 12 whales, then 15, and eventually we got up to over 20 whales! Although we’re a few weeks later into the season from last year, it looks like we’re up for a repeat of this massive gathering of whales!
Animal Updates | Mammals | Video | Volunteering
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Sea Lion-Cam with Milo…and Harpo | Hugh
Milo the sea lion received a new toy last weekend. His old low resolution video camera on his “sea lion-cam” rig has now been replaced with a new high definition video camera. Our aquatic photographer took it out for a test dive last Saturday. This week’s blog features the video shot by Milo while he and I tried out the camera for the first time.
Animal Updates | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Sharks
Monday, July 25, 2011
Cute Alert: Check Out Our Newest Baby Animals | Claire
Most of you have probably read about or seen our two Arctic fox kits at the Molina Animal Care Center. But we also have baby diving birds, newly hatched fish, and even a baby zebra shark at the Aquarium right now.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Blue Whale Watching Starts Friday | Kera
And the blues seem to be right on cue
We officially switch to Blue Whale Watch starting Friday, June 11, 2010. It looks like the blues will be showing up right in time. In the last couple of weeks the blues have started to pop up. I saw my first blue whale last week and man was she a beauty!
Animal Updates | Mammals | Volunteering
Monday, October 12, 2009
THE SURPRISE SEA FARE ARTIST IS: MILLER THE SEA LION! | Hugh
Miller the sea lion adds his artwork to Sea Fare.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Orcas on the Way? | Kera
Anyone that’s ever chatted with me about whales has probably learned that my all-time favorite animal is the orca a.k.a. killer whale. Out of everything I want to study and be around, orcas are my number one! I’ve recently gotten a report that a pod of orcas are on the way and might be in Long Beach this week!
Animal Updates | Reptiles | Whale Watching
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Blue Whale Season Isn’t Over Yet! | Kera
Even though our summer has winded down, the blue whales and other wildlife haven’t seemed to notice. The blue whales won’t be here for too much longer, but they’re still showing strong. On my trip out a few days ago I saw six blue whales and bottlenose dolphins! What a trip!
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, August 20, 2009
How Do Whales Nurse? Let’s Find Out! | Kera
The past few weeks, we’ve been seeing a decent number of cow/calf pairs of blue whales. Just recently I got word that a calf was seen nursing! Now even though I haven’t witnessed this with blue whales myself, I did recently get to see beluga whales nursing!
Animal Updates | Fish | Sharks | Education | Guest Speaker Series
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A Lecture Night at the Aquarium | Retired | Chris
The Aquarium has many amazing programs that go on beyond our normal operating hours. I haven’t had the opportunity to take advantage of them before, but recently my schedule opened up and one night, I was able to!
Animal Updates | Fish
Monday, March 23, 2009
The Pacific Seahorse | Retired | Chris
One of the most fulfilling parts of an Aquarist’s work is raising baby fish and invertebrates to adulthood. Here at the Aquarium of the Pacific, we have successfully bred many different species of animals.
