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June Keyes Penguin Habitat
Get up-close with more than a dozen Magellanic Penguins both above and below the water in the new June Keyes Penguin Habitat.
The exhibit is home to the first penguins in the Aquarium’s collection and includes a crawl-in space, allowing you to feel as if you are in the exhibit with the animals.
Craig Heberer
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The State of Our Pacific Tuna Resources
Craig Heberer, who spoke at the Aquarium on October 11, 2011, works as a fisheries biologist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Southwest Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division. He serves as the lead biologist for the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species. Heberer was born and raised in San Pedro, California and grew up in the Croatian commercial tuna fishing industry.
Lori Hargrove
Climate Change Impact on Birds of Southern California
Dr. Lori Hargrove, who spoke at the Aquarium on September 15, 2011, began volunteering at the San Diego Natural History Museum in 1995 and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the museum’s department of birds and mammals. She is working with a team on an ongoing project to document wildlife distribution and abundance in the San Jacinto Mountains and compare the results to information gathered 100 years ago.
Ocean Science Center
Travel across the planet in the Science on a Sphere and learn about pressing issues that affect our ocean.
The Aquarium’s Ocean Science Center uses a Science on a Sphere from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to explore our planet and tell stories about ocean phenomena and their impacts. The Ocean Science Center features daily shows on issues like sea level rise, maritime trade, and conservation.
Seaweed: Nuisance or Gift?
Yucky, stinky seaweed everywhere! We often think of seaweed as a nuisance on our beaches. In fact, it’s not just fish that need it, we do too! Discover the amazing story of seaweed!
Jeanine Jones
Climate Change Impacts on California Water
Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series.
Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering.
Climate and Weather
"Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get". -Mark Twain
Changes in the ocean and atmosphere impact all of our lives. From deciding where to vacation, to where we farm and what we plant, understanding the ocean's influence on climate and weather benefits us all.
Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests
How we can recover these declining habitats
Efforts in restoration are showing positive results for our giant kelp forests. Learn why and how it's done.
Shark Skin
Taking a closer look at shark skin.
Believe it or not, a shark’s mouth isn’t the only place it has teeth!
Evolution of Sharks
Sharks: The Ultimate Survivors
Sharks are very successful and adaptive animals. They have been around for 400 million years. Learn more about their evolutionary history listening to the “Evolution of Sharks.”
A Shark’s Sixth Sense
Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water.
Besides hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and feeling the world around them, sharks are adapted with a sixth sense that allows them to use electroreceptors called Ampullae de Lorenzini. Learn more about this rare ability that aids sharks in the skilled predation of their prey.
Mountains, Rivers, Ocean
The Water Cycle, Watersheds, and Us
A watershed is where rainwater and snowmelt collects and flows to the ocean. As the water flows down streams and rivers, it carries along part of what it touches, from sand and rocks to trash and pollution. A new Aquarium exhibit shows how a local watershed works.
Tropical Pacific Gallery Stop 1 Coral Lagoon
The exhibits in the Aquarium's Tropical Pacific Gallery represent the beautiful marine life found off the coast of Palau.
The Tropical Reef Habitat, which can be viewed from three locations in the gallery, is the Aquarium's largest exhibit. Holding 350,000 gallons of water, this gallery features over a thousand colorful fish and beautiful coral, as well as sharks, rays, sea horses and sea dragons.
Tropical Pacific Gallery Introduction
The exhibits in the Aquarium's Tropical Pacific Gallery represent the beautiful marine life found off the coast of Palau.
The Tropical Reef Habitat, which can be viewed from three locations in the gallery, is the Aquarium's largest exhibit. Holding 350,000 gallons of water, this gallery features over a thousand colorful fish and beautiful coral, as well as sharks, rays, sea horses and sea dragons.
Northern Pacific Gallery Stop 1 Diving Birds
This gallery represents the northernmost region of the Pacific Ocean, specifically habitats in and around the Bering Sea.
At the Aquarium, you can join us on a journey through the Northern Pacific—home to the adorable sea otter, mysterious giant Pacific octopus, and many other marine creatures. Come enjoy these sights and more, without subjecting yourself to the chilly waters!