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Students pose for photos in front of a glowing sunset view at Birch Aquarium

Birch Aquarium’s 2024 - 2025 UC San Diego Student Impact

UC San Diego students are fundamental to the aquarium’s mission

Person holding up a phone displaying Birch Aquarium's free digital guide on the Bloomerg Connects app, with colorful tropical fish and vibrant corals in the background.

Birch Aquarium Launches Free Digital Guide Alongside UC San Diego Partners

Bloomberg Connects app makes arts and entertainment organizations accessible for onsite and offsite visits through photo, audio and video features.

Three Birch Aquarium Educators wearing blue shirts demonstrate a Science Bites lesson

Bite-Size Science, Big Impact: Birch Aquarium Brings Scripps Research to Local Schools

Two Birch Aquarium staff members hold a KultureCity Sensory Bag

Birch Aquarium is KultureCity Certified!

An overhead view of Blue Beach at Birch Aquarium shows people attending Indigenous Ocean Day 2024 including a tule boat building station

First-ever Indigenous Ocean Day at Birch Aquarium

A celebration of Indigenous people and ocean culture brought together local communities

UC San Diego undergraduate students present their work to SCMA Co-director Isabel Rivera-Collazo. Photo by Nan Renner, Birch Aquarium.

Birch Aquarium’s UC San Diego Student Impact 2023-2024

UC San Diego students are an integral part of Birch Aquarium

A Lion’s Mane Nudibranch attach itself to kelp to catch planktonic creatures in their magnificent “mane.”

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.

Two guests gaze into the Giant Kelp Forest at the aquarium.

Celebrating National Student Employment Week 2024

Guests Explore a labyrinth of cyanotype-printed giant kelp by photo-based artist and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter

Hold Fast Immersive Art Exhibition Now Open at Birch Aquarium

Hold Fast connects local kelp forests and climate change through the intersection of science and art.

Scripps Pier

Lecture Series Highlighting Climate Change Research Reopens to Public

Birch Aquarium is hosting a conversational series based on Scripps Oceanography science told through diverse perspectives.

View of Birch Aquarium overlooking Scripps Pier.

Member Beach Cleanup Highlight

Students look at the Pacific Ocean over the railing of Scripps Pier.

Birch Aquarium Reports Record Scholarship Year

The aquarium distributed more than $375,000 in scholarships to 22,000+ Pre-K-12 students this school year

Students gather plankton samples for analysis with downtown San Diego buildings in the background.

Local Students Experience On-the-Water Field Trip in Seaport Climate Science Program

Educators from Birch Aquarium and San Diego Unified Lead Pilot Program To Inform Design of Future Seaport Learning Center

Colorful sunset over Scripps Pier with silhouettes of palm trees.

Explore the Iconic Scripps Pier at Sunset with a Naturalist from Birch Aquarium

A Lined Seahorse swims in its habitat at Birch Aquarium.

Searching for Seahorses