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July 9, 2019
Meet Our Animal Ambassadors at Pacific Visions
Visitors can see animal ambassadors up close in four sessions held daily between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
May 15, 2019
Aquarium Partners with CSULB to Study Shark Adaptations
Investigating how some sharks are specially adapted to be able to “walk” on their pectoral fins to move between aquatic and land environments.
April 22, 2019
Aquarium Mourns the Loss of Charlie the Sea Otter
Charlie passed away on Monday, April 22, at the age of twenty-two. He was oldest southern sea otter living at a zoo or aquarium.
March 2, 2019
Charlie the Southern Sea Otter Turns 22
Charlie is the oldest southern sea otter living at any aquarium or zoo. He is the second sea otter on record to ever reach twenty-two.
January 30, 2019
Aquarium Pays Tribute to Brook the Sea Otter
Brook passed away on January 29 after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure earlier this month by the Aquarium’s veterinary team. She was nearly 22 years old.
October 12, 2018
Kaya the Seal Pup Moves Into Main Exhibit
Kaya, the harbor seal born at the Aquarium in April, was moved into the main Seals and Sea Lions Habitat in October.
October 3, 2018
Chase the Sea Lion Makes His Debut
The Aquarium has welcomed a new four-year-old male sea lion, Chase, to the Seals and Sea Lions Habitat.
October 2, 2018
Two New Eagle Rays Added to Tropical Reef
Two eagle rays, one female and one male, are now on exhibit in the Tropical Reef. They can be identified by their protruding, tapered snout and dark brown back with white spots.
September 14, 2018
Original Aquarium Puffins Become Parents
Val and Speedy, two tufted puffins that have lived at the Aquarium since it opened in 1998, successfully hatched a chick in late summer.
September 13, 2018
Penguin Exhibit Adds Three Chicks Hatched in May
Three Magellanic penguin chicks, two female and one male, hatched at the Aquarium in May and are now on view.
August 29, 2018
Meet the Aquarium’s New Hammerhead Shark
This scalloped hammerhead shark is currently on public view at the Molina Animal Care Center.
August 24, 2018
Baby Black-Necked Stilt Chicks Now on View
Gigi and George, the Aquarium’s breeding pair of black-necked stilts, have become parents for the second time.
February 6, 2018
Meet Cain, the Aquarium’s New Sea Lion
A four-year-old male sea lion named Cain moved into the Seals and Sea Lions Habitat at the Aquarium on February 8.
August 8, 2017
Baby Penguin Goes on Public View
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.
July 13, 2017
Aquarium Announces Two Baby Shorebirds
Black-Necked Stilts hatch for the first time at the Aquarium in the Shorebird Sanctuary exhibit.