News Articles

September 9, 2021
Endangered Frog Tadpoles Arrive at the Aquarium
The Aquarium is currently housing mountain yellow-legged frog tadpoles in a behind-the-scenes area as part of a survival plan for the species, which is endangered. They will be raised at the Aquarium with the goal of eventually releasing them back into the wild.
July 30, 2021
Aquarium Aids in Rescue Effort to Save Baby Seabirds
The Aquarium of the Pacific has been assisting with recent efforts to rescue elegant tern chicks in the Long Beach Harbor.

March 5, 2021
High Tide Student Film Festival Launch
SoCal students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit short films for the chance to win cash prizes and be featured in the Aquarium’s High Tide Student Film Festival

July 23, 2020
Aquarium Volunteers Logged Over 4,000 Hours for Global Shark Survey
The survey’s findings, that sharks are functionally extinct on nearly 20 percent of the world’s coral reefs, were published in the journal Nature this month.

March 4, 2020
Aquarium and Partners Plan to Release Giant Sea Bass
After successful breeding programs in aquarium settings, the project partners hope to help local populations of this distinctive fish rebound. Juvenile giant sea bass are being released in local waters.

November 7, 2019
Aquarium and Partners to Release Endangered White Abalone for the First Time in History
The Aquarium is a founding partner of the White Abalone Recovery Program and has been working with NOAA for the past eleven years on this project.

October 16, 2019
Aquarium Presents Art Exhibit, Ocean Resiliency: The Expeditions of Danielle Eubank
For her One Artist Five Oceans project, Danielle Eubank has sailed and painted all of the oceans on the planet. Her artwork will be on view at the Aquarium November 5 to January 5.

June 13, 2019
Aquarium Releases Report on Super Coral Workshop
In December 2018 the Aquarium partnered with the Phoenix Island Protected Area Trust and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to host a workshop on super corals with coral experts from around the world.

April 22, 2019
Aquarium Continues Efforts to Avoid Single-Use Plastic
On Earth Day 2019 the Aquarium of the Pacific, along with nearly two dozen other aquariums across the United States, is committing to new practices to bring the facility closer to eliminating single-use plastic.

December 6, 2018
Aquarium Joins 1 Million Cards Campaign to Help Save the Vaquita Porpoise from Extinction
The campaign encourages Mexico’s incoming president to continue conservation initiatives to save the vaquita, which is found only in the Upper Gulf of California in Baja.

October 1, 2018
Aquarium Releases Wild Sea Turtle After Surgery
A green sea turtle rescued with a fishing hook in its throat in Morro Bay was treated and released back into the ocean in September.

July 27, 2018
New Website Will Track Giant Sea Bass
The Aquarium partnered with scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to launch a new website that will use divers’ and snorkelers’ photos of giant sea bass to help track these endangered fish.

November 1, 2017
New Aquarium Film Showcases Climate Solutions
The Time is Now, The Future is Here plays daily in the Ocean Theater and is included with Aquarium general admission.

August 31, 2017
Six-Year-Old Raises $1,000 for Frog Conservation
Justin Sather is six years old and has loved frogs for most of his life. When he learned that about one-third of frog species are threatened with extinction, he wanted to take action.

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.