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![a Leopard Shark is facing the viewew with "Shark Summer" text around it](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-05/sharksummer-850x500.jpg?itok=KyatH7Uc)
Shark Summer Makes a Splash at Birch Aquarium
This July, sharks take the spotlight with a variety of activities for all ages!
![a Dragon Sea Moth swims against a blue background](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/seamoth_850x500.jpg?itok=Pte83Rgg)
![Juveniles Weedy Seadragons swim behind the scenes.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-05/transfer.jpg?itok=SpW4Inq6)
A Coast-to-Coast Collaboration
Birch Aquarium Sends Juvenile Weedy Seadragons to the New England Aquarium
![A Lion’s Mane Nudibranch attach itself to kelp to catch planktonic creatures in their magnificent “mane.”](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/melibe.jpg?itok=qp2eomTO)
Searching for Sea Slugs in San Diego
Our local tide pools are teeming with life and the perfect place to participate in the City Nature Challenge.
![male weedy seadragon with bright pink eggs along sides and bottom of tail](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/bas-maleseadragoneggs-4.21.24-122_1.jpg?itok=AXkgdJpt)
Second Time Lucky! Earth Day Brings Seadragon Surprise to Aquarium
Following on the recent announcement of year-old Weedy Seadragons going on display, Birch Aquarium announces second successful egg transfer to male.
![Team collects eggs from a female Sunflower Star at Birch Aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-02/sunflower-star-eggs.jpg?itok=7LPb2Mc1)
Successful Spawning and Cross-Fertilization Bring Hope for the Critically Endangered Sunflower Sea Star
Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Aquarium of the Pacific, California Academy of Sciences, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), Sunflower Star Laboratory and partners continue work to save this species from extinction.
![Giant Clams](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-12/giant-clams.jpg?itok=0kc9Opx-)
Caring for Confiscated Clams
Birch Aquarium is home to more than 45 confiscated Giant Clams thanks to a newly launched network that combats wildlife trafficking.
![Birch Aquarium and La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club unveil the new La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club Potbelly Seahorse Habitat.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-11/potbelly-seahorse-habitat-naming.jpg?itok=Xh5x0b09)
Birch Aquarium Celebrates $150k Gift from La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club with the naming of its Potbelly Seahorse Habitat
The generous gift launches a strategic partnership between two iconic La Jolla institutions.
![Melissa Torres from Birch Aquarium at Scripps and Margarita Upton from Steinhart Aquarium at California Academy of Sciences carefully administer a spawn-inducing hormone into a Sunflower Star at Birch Aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-10/spawn-mel-margarita.jpg?itok=b3SzfGy-)
Star studded team successfully spawns three Sunflower Sea Stars at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Hope is on the horizon for the critically endangered Sunflower Sea Star thanks to a groundbreaking collaborative effort among accredited aquariums and zoos and research laboratories.
![A leopard sharks swims in the Giant Kelp Forest at Birch Aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-10/aza-30x30.jpg?itok=NOhNFB7l)
Zoos and Aquariums Join Forces to Advance Global Goals to Protect Wildlife and Wild Places Across the World
With the Power of Millions Behind Us: We Are Resolved to Halt and Reverse the World’s Catastrophic Decline in Biodiversity
![While skates closely resemble stingrays, they are different. Big Skates lack a stinging barb and do not give live birth.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-10/baby-skate.jpg?itok=hQrrKFuS)
Meet the new Big (little) Skates!
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating the arrival of some ravioli-sized newborn Big Skates.
![shark shores](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-08/bas-sharkshores-angelshark-0001-1-scaled.jpg?itok=Uac3BAuD)
![Loggerhead sea turtle has its head measured with a yellow measuring tape.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-05/measuring-head.jpg?itok=NmOzw-D0)
![Amber seadragon against dark background with tiny seadragons swimming around.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-04/nr-030323-weedy-seadragon-babies.jpg?itok=sD1ISW3f)
Birch Aquarium Welcomes Baby Weedy Seadragons
More than 70 seadragons are thriving behind the scenes
![Yellow seadragon with purple accents floats in an aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-04/weedyseadragoneggs-1.9.23-101.jpg?itok=9ybOmdQw)
Birch Aquarium Announces Pregnant Weedy Seadragon
A rare egg transfer was made last night, marking the first time eggs have been transferred in the Seadragons & Seahorses habitat.