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November 10, 2025

Aquarium of the Pacific Announces New President and CEO: International Conservation and Animal Welfare Leader Jeffrey Flocken

Flocken brings decades of leadership experience in successfully garnering support for and facilitating action to save species around the world.

Three people standing should to shoulder; two of the people are holding awards.

October 27, 2025

Connecting Community and Conservation Together Through Partnership

Mujeres de la Tierra presents its Unity & Partnership Award to the Aquarium of the Pacific

A person with long dark hair in a black dress and another person with medium length blonde-brown hair in a dark top and blue pants holding a glass object

October 20, 2025

Aquarium of the Pacific Honored by Long Beach Unified School District for Its Partnership

The Aquarium was presented with the Wayfinder Recognition at LBUSD’s Partners & Pathways Celebration for the non-profit’s role in supporting student workforce readiness

A blue and yellow feathered bird with a dark gray and curved beak perched on the back of a chair

October 9, 2025

See Birds Soar

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

A small, multi-colored device dragging a net with debris

October 3, 2025

Jellyfishbot! On a Mission to Clean Up Long Beach Marinas

Aquarium youth volunteers remove trash from local waterways and inspire others to get involved

Four people view a habitat depicting a wetlands area

September 30, 2025

Shorebirds Experience their New Home

Aquarium remodels the Shorebird Sanctuary

Group of people dressed up wearing blue lanyards

September 29, 2025

Aquarium of the Pacific Invites Southern California College Students to Apply To its CELP Scholar Program

Recipients of the program will have the opportunity to network, participate in community building events to explore STEM career paths, join a growing community of peers, and will each be awarded $10,000

A green sea turtle raises its head with a blue tarp beneath

September 19, 2025

Aquarium of the Pacific Releases a Rescued Green Sea Turtle into the Wild after Rehabilitation

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

Orange Garibaldi fish swimming near kelp

August 20, 2025

Aquarium of the Pacific Partners with UC Environmental Stewards for Climate-Change Education and Service Course

The UC Climate Stewards certification course was co-designed with the Aquarium to provide community members ways to enhance ecosystem resilience locally in the face of climate change

color artwork of a coral reef under a wave with a yellow sun on a red background

August 15, 2025

New Art Display at Aquarium “Makes Waves” Around the World

Printed Oceans artwork collection highlights urgent ocean issues

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

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.