Aquarium News

On November 2 the Aquarium hosted a day-long forum bringing together climate scientists and psychologists to develop strategies to motivate people to act on climate change.

The new series by the Aquarium’s Seafood for the Future project includes a photography exhibit and website.

The Aquarium held a live webcast to announce the release of a new report on offshore aquaculture, or fish farming, in Southern California.

Vanishing Animals explores human impacts on our planet and ways we can help prevent loss of biodiversity and protect the health of ecosystems.

New exhibits and programs in the Aquarium’s Our Watersheds exhibit area are slated to open in spring 2017.

This fall at the Aquarium of the Pacific, you can enjoy visiting our Horses and Dragons and Vanishing Animals exhibits and a full slate of special events, including cultural festivals and holidays.

Slowing the rate of change in marine environments can give nature the chance to adapt to climate change and other impacts of human activity.

After being rehabilitated by the Aquarium of the Pacific, a green sea turtle was released into the open ocean on September 1.

Fall is an important time of year for sustainable seafood efforts, with National Aquaculture Week taking place September 26 to 30 and National Seafood Month in October. Seafood for the Future (SFF), the Aquarium’s sustainable seafood program, is celebrating with several new projects.

Two male Magellanic Penguin chicks that hatched at the Aquarium in May joined the rest of the penguins on view in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat.

In July The Ahmanson Foundation made a significant pledge to the Aquarium’s Pacific Visions campaign, becoming one of the project’s major donors.

These illustrations were created for the Horses and Dragons exhibits that opened in May to showcase the diversity of this family of fishes.

The story map was created to connect the public with the Southern California Steelhead exhibit and tell the story of this endangered fish.

Two Magellanic Penguin chicks that hatched at the Aquarium in late May are in the behind-the-scenes nursery that can be viewed via webcam.

The Aquarium has been selected as a site for the 2016 POW! WOW! Long Beach festival, which brings world-renowned artists to the city to paint several murals over the course of one week in July.