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News Articles

Two people lift a turtle onto a towel on the edge of a boat

August 11, 2025

Rescued Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Returns Home After Receiving Months of Care at the Aquarium of the Pacific

The turtle was rescued in December 2024 on Pismo Beach, transferred to the Aquarium of the Pacific where it received care and recovered, and released in the open ocean

close up of a speckled, yellow-green fish

August 1, 2025

Connecting with Nature in Unexpected Places

Aquarium of the Pacific’s Naturalist Program volunteers share results of wildlife sightings made during the City Nature Challenge and Snapshot Cal Coast

two people using long, silvery-colored grabbers to collect trash in a blue bag

July 31, 2025

Volunteers Removed Hundreds of Pounds of Trash from Local Beach in One Day

Cleaning up our beaches after holidays and beyond

Three amber-colored California red-legged tadpoles looking slight up towards the right.

July 15, 2025

Hundreds of California red-legged frog tadpoles raised at Aquarium of the Pacific released in the Santa Monica Mountains

Biologists rescued the threatened species, after extreme weather and wildfire disrupted native breeding grounds, as part of an emergency effort after the LA wildfires

Great Hall filled with nighttime dinner guests below a model blue whale

July 2, 2025

Aquarium Raises over $700,000 to Support its Mission

Community leaders and philanthropists attended the Blue Whale Gala and Whale’s Tail After Party, an event created to showcase and raise funds for the non-profit Aquarium’s education and conservation initiatives

Two penguins with their wings outstretched underwater

July 1, 2025

New Penguins—Inca and Milo—Make Their Debut at the Aquarium of the Pacific

The Aquarium of the Pacific is welcoming two new Magellanic penguins—Inca and Milo.

A small northern tidewater goby fish inside a viewing container

June 18, 2025

Rescued Northern Tidewater Gobies Return to their Home in the Santa Monica Mountains

The fish, which were rescued after the Palisades Fire, play an important role in the local ecosystem

a pink five armed sea star clings to rocks

June 17, 2025

Groundbreaking Settlement of Frozen Giant Pink Star Larvae Inspires Hope for Critically Endangered Sunflower Star Conservation

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Sunflower Star Laboratory, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific, and partners continue work to save sunflower stars from extinction.

two people smiling; one person is holding a glass object

June 12, 2025

Aquarium announces Mike Seckington as the recipient of the inaugural Ivolou R. Corston Volunteer Service Award

Aquarium’s new volunteer award celebrates the memory of Ivolou R. Corston and her impact as an Aquarium volunteer

A teal colored design with a whale and two music notes over some waves all with a black background

June 11, 2025

Free, family-friendly opera coming to the Aquarium

Long Beach Opera’s education team presents the American debut of Acquaprofonda at the Aquarium on July 12 and 13, 2025

yellow-brown bull kelp floats at the water's surface

June 4, 2025

Kelp Helps All of Us

Learn about two regional species of kelp featured on the Aquarium’s Marine Species Report Card, the benefits of kelp, and conservation efforts underway

an educator holds a model for young students while they all stand at a table

May 28, 2025

Bringing the Ocean to Catalina

A Mobile Ocean Classroom Story

a baby sunflower star with short, little arms

May 21, 2025

Little Sea Stars with Big Importance

For our first time, a critically endangered sunflower sea star “baby” is on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

red, yellow and orange sea star species and green sea anemones next to a small kelp stalk

May 21, 2025

The Debut of Our Living Coastline at the Aquarium of the Pacific

The reimagining of the California Terrace focuses on coastal habitats including shores, wetlands, and tidepools.

feather star on a rock with its dark colored rays with light green "hairs" curling

May 21, 2025

Feather Stars Featured in Stars of the Sea

Learn about how the feather star and its uniqueness in the “constellation” of sea stars species