Aquarium News
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News Articles
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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.
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August 4, 2017
Aquarium Educator Joins Ocean Expedition
This summer Aquarium educator Katelyn Sullivan was selected as a 2017 AltaSea Nautilus Ambassador and sailed aboard the E/V Nautilus as part of an expedition off the California coast.
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July 31, 2017
Aquarium Awarded by Local Children’s Hospital
The Aquarium was presented with the 2017 Friend of Child Life Award from Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach in July.
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July 31, 2017
Aquatic Academy Course: The Ocean and Climate Change
The Aquarium’s Aquatic Academy will explore the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change.
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July 26, 2017
All Permanent Aquarium Exhibits Open During Construction
Construction on the Aquarium’s expansion, Pacific Visions, began in spring. While the layout of some facilities has been adjusted, the visitor experience is unaffected by the construction.
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July 17, 2017
Aquarium Education Director Elected President of National Marine Educators Association
David Bader assumed the role of president of the National Marine Educators Association for a year-long term at its annual conference in June.
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July 13, 2017
Aquarium Announces Two Baby Shorebirds
Black-Necked Stilts hatch for the first time at the Aquarium in the Shorebird Sanctuary exhibit.
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July 10, 2017
Aquarium Joins Plastic Pollution Campaign
The Aquarium has joined with eighteen other aquariums across the country to raise awareness about the problem of plastic pollution in the ocean, rivers, lakes, and streams.
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June 22, 2017
Pacific Visions Update: Front Plaza Bricks
Commemorative bricks originally installed in the Aquarium’s front plaza are being safely stored during construction.
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June 20, 2017
Aquarium Welcomes Baby Penguin
Watch the chick in the nursery on the Aquarium’s live webcam.
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June 19, 2017
New Octopus on View
Visit the new north Pacific bigeye octopus in the Northern Pacific Gallery’s Jewels exhibit area.
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June 6, 2017
Brook the Sea Otter Turns 20
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.
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May 25, 2017
Aquarium Honored as Founding Member of The Climate Registry
The Aquarium was honored by The Climate Registry with a Special Recognition Award as one of its founding members and a participant in Southern California Edison’s Cool Planet Project.
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May 25, 2017
New FROGS Exhibits Now Open
See FROGS: Dazzling and Disappearing, plus the new Our Water Future exhibit area and a new archerfish habitat.
May 8, 2017
Aquarium Wins Prestigious MUSE Award
The Aquarium, in collaboration with Cortina Productions, has won a 2017 MUSE Award from the American Alliance of Museums for a video telling the story of the Aquarium’s first major expansion, the Pacific Visions wing.