Newsroom
Please see below for our recent press releases. Digital images and b-roll video are available on request; please contact our public relations team.
![Otter](/images/popups/20130302_AOPotter_maggAFE2_RR.jpg)
Credit: Robbin Riggs
![Old Fashioned Diving Suit](/images/made_new/images-events-ev_diversday_barb_lyter_600_q85.jpg)
March 7, 2018
Free Admission for SCUBA Divers During Annual Divers Day Festival
The diving community is also invited to explore volunteer diving opportunities in Southern California. Divers who show proof of certification with a photo I.D. will receive free admission.
![International children's choir](/images/made_new/images-events-ev_kidschoir_600_q85.jpg)
March 7, 2018
Celebrate Kids at the Aquarium’s International Children’s Festival
The Aquarium of the Pacific’s thirteenth annual International Children’s Festival is a special festival for kids on the weekend of March 17-18, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
![Surface of the Big Blue Ocean](/images/made_new/images-uploads-Big_Blue_Ocean_AndrewReitsma_600_q85.jpg)
March 7, 2018
Evening Course Will Examine Sea Level Rise and Redrawing the World’s Coastlines
This four-week course for adults will feature top climate scientists and other experts as speakers.
March 7, 2018
License to Dive: Sea Otter Celebrates 21st Birthday
Charlie the sea otter will be celebrating his big day in otter ways! Aquarium biologists will be presenting him with his “license” in the form of an edible seafood cake on his birthday.
![profile portrait of Cain the sea lion](/images/made_new/images-news-news_Cain_RobinRiggs_600_q85.jpg)
February 6, 2018
New Sea Lion to Make Home at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Cain is four years old and weighs nearly 250 pounds. He will begin his introduction to his new family in the Seals and Sea Lions Habitat on February 8.
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January 25, 2018
Aquarium of the Pacific Topping-Off Ceremony for New Pacific Visions Wing
A Magellanic Penguin will be among the VIPs signing the last steel beam that will become part of the Aquarium of the Pacific’s first major expansion.
![Mardi gras dancer with African American Festival text overlay](/images/events/ev_afam.jpg)
January 22, 2018
Aquarium Hosts 16th Annual African-American Festival, February 24-25
Guests can experience the sights and sounds of performances by local African-American groups, including Mardi Gras second line dancers, hip hop and break dancers, jazz musicians, interactive drum circle musicians, and West African dancers.
![2 humpback whales at surface](/images/made_new/images-blog_uploads-IMG_9151_600_q85.jpg)
December 22, 2017
Humpback Whales and Orcas Have Been Spotted in the Waters Off Long Beach
The Aquarium and Harbor Breeze Cruises invite the media to set sail for the chance to see whales and dolphins in local waters while exploring current ocean conservation issues.
![Girl watching fish in exhibit](/images/made_new/images-events-group-overnight_600_q85.jpg)
December 8, 2017
Winter Camps Allow Children to Get Up Close to Marine Life at the Aquarium
This winter parents can enroll their children in three winter day camps specially tailored to different age ranges.
![Tommy Hollenstein wheelchair artist creating art with his wheelchair](/images/made_new/images-events-Tommy_Hollenstein_V2_600_q85.jpg)
December 7, 2017
Aquarium’s 15th Annual Festival of Human Abilities Features Performances and Free Art Classes
Celebrate the talents and creativity of people with disabilities at the Aquarium on the weekend of January 27-28, and enjoy live music, dance, art, and demonstrations.