La Jolla-based Birch Aquarium is playing an important role in an effort with other aquariums and zoos across California to bring a near-extinct sea star back from the brink. In coming weeks, a ...

Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla plans to open its new exhibition, “Living Seas,” to the public on Thursday, May 22. “Living Seas,” the aquarium’s ...

Topping the list of America’s most beautiful aquariums this holiday season is Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit, where 30.7% of its reviews contain keywords describing its beauty. First opened in 1904, ...

Birch Aquarium in La Jolla has hatched its first little blue penguin egg, marking a milestone for the aquarium’s penguin conservation efforts. Birch announced last week that the egg hatched on New ...

KELP FOREST DIVES... will be a highlight — Swell Sharks call the forest home, along with Moray Eels and the ever-fascinating Giant Sea Bass — as will shark feedings, which will happen every Tuesday ...

The loggerhead sea turtle at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla has come a long way in the past 10 years — from surviving an injury that left her paralyzed and underweight in 2013 to her most recent exam that ...

Above: Drone 5 footage of leopard sharks off the coast of La Jolla. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — One of San Diego’s favorite aquatic attractions is getting ready to kick off “Shark Summer,” complete with ...

Much like the arrival of a human baby, the expected arrival of baby seadragons at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium is cause for frequent check-ins, bated breath and excitement. For the caregivers at Birch ...

Trees big and small fell across La Jolla amid gusty winds and heavy rains March 21. In the Windansea area, a small tree fell across Nautilus Street, reportedly damaging a car but not injuring anyone.

Magic, a little blue penguin in the care of La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium, died Dec. 8 after a battle with a fungal infection. The 6-year-old penguin, who had been at Birch since October 2020 and was one ...

Birds at the Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins Exhibit. Courtesy Birch Aquarium Elected leaders and representatives from the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego cut ...