Feed sharks and pet some stingrays at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s new animal encounter
What’s fun about this particular encounter is how hands-on it is.
16 years of Moompetam: How the aquarium’s Native American festival celebrates the ‘original conservationists’
On Saturday the Aquarium of the Pacific will celebrate its 16th annual Moompetam: Native American Festival online.
‘I love this city’: New CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific settles in to new role
Less than a week before he was to take over as president and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific, Peter Kareiva was packing up stuff from his office at UCLA, and packing up stuff from his apartment in Westwood and then he was going to head up to Seattle to pack up stuff from the home he shares with his wife Celina, a noted photographer and artist. Soon, his new office will be stuffed.
Treading water: Aquarium draining cash reserves to make up for anticipated $14 million shortfall
The Aquarium of the Pacific’s multi-million dollar expansion, Pacific Visions, celebrated its one-year anniversary with its doors closed. Its theater’s 300 seats sat empty and have remained so for much of the year—along with all the aquarium’s indoor exhibits—due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has put a severe financial strain on the city icon.
Aquarium of the Pacific relaunches Penguin Encounters with some new guidelines
Spend 30 minutes up-close with one of the aquarium’s magellanic penguins during this special exhibit.
Aquarium of the Pacific offers free Summer Kids Club
The first round of club programming begins Monday, July 27 and runs the week to July 31.
Looking for something to do? The Aquarium’s outdoor exhibits are open for a limited time
Visitors aged two and over must wear a mask.
Aquarium of the Pacific’s lecture series looks at blue economy, slugs with solar panels
Talks will include dragons, gelatinous sea creatures and fish with hair.
VIDEO: Aquarium of the Pacific is reopening, here’s what you need to know for your next visit
We asked and, yes, the fish missed you.
Aquarium of the Pacific to reopen this weekend
A green sea turtle, flashlight fish that glow and clownfish are among the more than a dozen new animal species that are highlighted at the Aquarium’s new coral reef exhibit.