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Two tiny red octopus hatchlings, only a few days old.

Birch Aquarium Celebrates World Octopus Day with Red Octopus Hatchlings

A diver sits on the underwater platform of Aquarius Reef Base.

Birch Aquarium Announces Meditation Ocean: Aquarius Reef Base

Meditation Ocean Constellation installation opens this November

An endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frog leaps into its new home after being released into the lake.

Hundreds of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs Leap Back Into the Wild

Birch Aquarium, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and other partners join forces to help save this endangered amphibian.

Birch Aquarium recently tagged more than 220 frogs with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags

Endangered Frogs Tagged for Reintroduction to the Wild

More than 220 Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs are one step closer to returning to their native Southern California mountains.

Guests observe a Tropical Coral habitat at the aquarium filled with colorful corals, fish and giant clams.

Coral Conservation Comes to Life in Living Seas

The aquarium’s new Tropical Pacific Coral Habitat brings big wins for coral conservation

The Penguin Care Team gently holds the three Little Blue Penguin chicks of the 2025 hatch season.

Caring for Penguin Chicks

Birch Aquarium celebrates another successful hatch season, welcoming three Little Blue Penguin chicks.

Two mountain yellow-legged frogs rest on lush green vegetation in their habitat, their golden-hued legs contrasting against the foliage.

Birch Aquarium Leaps Into Frog Conservation

The aquarium joins collaborative effort to save the endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frog.

a large brown and white bird sits on a tree branch; its wings are darker brown with blue speckles

Birch Aquarium Welcomes Animal Ambassadors

These animals play a key role in conservation outreach and education.

Three campers wearing Birch Aquarium green and blue rash guards and snorkel gear stand in front of the ocean

Make a splash with Birch Aquarium’s Summer Camps!

The popular summer camps promote ocean exploration, science and adventure.

Entrance to Embodied Pacific: Ocean Unseen with the credit wall on the left and the title on the right

PST ART Climate Impact Report: Embodied Pacific: Ocean Unseen at Birch Aquarium

Embodied Pacific is a distributed, multi-sited exhibition with seven locations on and around the University of California San Diego campus, one site of which is Birch Aquarium at Scripps.

an aquarist feeds Tongue Corals at Birch Aquarium

Caring for Animals During Construction

A newly hatched Dwarf Seahorse is carefully collected and transferred into a specialized grow-out tank for its growth and development.

Tiny Tails: Raising Seahorses at Birch Aquarium

Rendering of a vibrant mangrove habitat featured in the Living Seas exhibition.

Birch Aquarium Makes Moves from Hall of Fishes to Living Seas

New exhibition Living Seas is set to open next year with expanded habitats and upgraded life-support systems

Close-up of a Seahorse Hotel, an underwater structure designed to restore seahorse habitats. Four seahorses can be found holding onto the hotel with their prehensile tails.

The Best Exotic Seahorse Hotel

Birch Aquarium unveils underwater "Seahorse Hotel” to highlight ongoing seahorse conservation efforts.

Participants in Birch Aquarium's Tidepooling Adventures learn to respectfully navigate the intertidal zone

Adventure Outdoors During King Tides With Birch Aquarium

King Tides offer opportunities to learn about sea levels and intertidal habitats

Guests get up close view to a variety of corals, anemones and even tropical fish!

Coral is Cool! Five fun finds to discover in Coral Classroom.

Loggerhead Turtle is facing the viewer with head slightly turned to show side of face

Birch Aquarium Contributes to Global Knowledge of Species

a ray swims through a sunbeam

Birch Aquarium’s Collaboration with SAFE Sharks and Rays

a Bat Ray swoops onto a red puzzle feeder

Enriching Birch Aquarium’s sharks and rays

a Horn Shark swims from right to left in front of Giant Kelp, turning so that its mouth is visible

Southern Californian Sharks and Rays at Birch Aquarium

a Leopard Shark is facing the viewew with "Shark Summer" text around it

Shark Summer Makes a Splash at Birch Aquarium

This July, sharks take the spotlight with a variety of activities for all ages!

The new coral fragment farm provides an ideal environment for coral fragments to grow into new coral colonies!

Making Waves In Coral Conservation Efforts

Juveniles Weedy Seadragons swim behind the scenes.

A Coast-to-Coast Collaboration

Birch Aquarium Sends Juvenile Weedy Seadragons to the New England Aquarium

Little Blue Penguins explore the penguin habitat.

Birch Aquarium celebrates its first successful penguin hatch season

male weedy seadragon with bright pink eggs along sides and bottom of tail

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.