Aquarium News Archive

After receiving nearly one year of rehabilitation and medical care at the Aquarium of the Pacific, a rescued green sea turtle has made its way back into the ocean.

One of the world’s largest seahorses debuts in the Aquarium’s SoCal Spotlight exhibit; explore El Niño’s impact and its vulnerable conservation status.

Jelly Dreamscapes, opening at the Aquarium on May 23, 2026, immerses guests in a gallery filled with hundreds of sea jellies from around the world set amidst meditative lighting and dream-like soundscapes.

From saving species to serving our community, the Aquarium achieved many accomplishments this past year.

The public can now see Rosie in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat.

The Aquarium is part of the global initiative led by ReShark that is working to restore endangered shark and ray populations

The Aquarium’s Wings of the Pacific show highlights the role of birds in ecosystems

Aquarium remodels the Shorebird Sanctuary

The sea turtle was rescued, brought to the Aquarium for medical care and rehabilitation, and was released at Seal Beach

Ghost, the giant Pacific octopus, has laid eggs and entered senescence.

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

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

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

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

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