At the Aquarium
Babies at the Aquarium require special expertise and hands-on care, from hand-feeding baby birds from a syringe to providing round-the-clock care for baby sea otters.

Aquarium of the Pacific/Robin Riggs
The Aquarium of the Pacific has helped raise many amazing babies over its twenty-four-year history. Some have been rare successes, like the birth of two zebra shark pups via artificial insemination in 2014. Some happen with great frequency, like our moon jellies, which our aquarists culture in our jelly lab on an ongoing basis.
Breeding animals at the Aquarium helps us and other aquariums we share animals with reduce our need to collect fishes and invertebrates from the wild. It also helps us learn more about the conditions animals need to reproduce, which can inform government conservation policies, particularly for endangered species.
Breeding programs and new babies at the Aquarium require special care and expertise. Whether it is hand feeding newly hatched lorikeet chicks, teaching a sea otter pup how to groom its extraordinarily thick fur, or carefully monitoring budding sea jelly ephyrae, our animal husbandry staff takes great care in helping our babies grow and thrive.
Aquarium Babies
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Babies!
Meet the newest members of the Aquarium family in the new Babies! exhibit now through April 2023.

Animals
Meet some of the newest and cutest Aquarium residents in the new Babies! exhibits.

Sea Otter Pups
Meet our sea otter pups that are helping our adult sea otters and our staff learn what it takes to care for sea otter babies.