Aquarium News Archive

This scalloped hammerhead shark is currently on public view at the Molina Animal Care Center.

Gigi and George, the Aquarium’s breeding pair of black-necked stilts, have become parents for the second time.

A four-year-old male sea lion named Cain moved into the Seals and Sea Lions Habitat at the Aquarium on February 8.

The Aquarium’s baby Magellanic Penguin that hatched earlier this year will join the rest of the penguins in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat. It will be on exhibit starting August 8.

Black-Necked Stilts hatch for the first time at the Aquarium in the Shorebird Sanctuary exhibit.

Watch the chick in the nursery on the Aquarium’s live webcam.

Visit the new north Pacific bigeye octopus in the Northern Pacific Gallery’s Jewels exhibit area.

Brook the sea otter will celebrate her twentieth birthday on Thursday, June 8. She is the oldest female sea otter living at a zoo or aquarium.

Milo the sea lion passed away unexpectedly on Thursday. Thousands of visitors and staff felt a special bond with Milo, who will be sorely missed.

On March 22, the Aquarium’s harbor seal Shelby celebrated her twenty-first birthday. The senior seal received special birthday treats while her visitors sporting party hats sang “Happy Birthday.”

Meet “The Admiral,” a new adult male now on view in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat on the second floor outdoors.

A baby giant sea bass that hatched at the Aquarium in October is now on public view in the Redondo Canyon exhibit in the Southern California/Baja Gallery on the first floor.

In early October the Aquarium hatched giant sea bass larvae after a spawning event. One of these larvae survived and is now thriving behind the scenes.

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

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.