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If you’re gearing up for your Trivia Tuesday, here’s some good ones for you: Solander’s Trivia and the Coffee Bean Trivia! Trivia are minuscule, beautiful sea snails that parade …

Monday? Nope. 😴 Getting a leg up on this week vs sleeping in: An American avocet in our Aviary chooses both. Source link

“Around the world, women are leading the charge to protect the health of our ocean planet. At the Aquarium we rely on talented women to accomplish everything we do—in …

And now: The aggregated nipple sponge! Polymastia pachymastia is a common critter of current-swept reefs of the North-East Pacific. They filter microscopic food particles from the wooshing water, like …

Comb jellies put the “disco” in “discovery”! ⁠The comb jelly Eurhamphaea vexilligera—filmed by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Research Institute’s Steve Haddock—is typically found in tropical waters, but we’ve also seen …

After a few weeks behind the scenes to catch up on Penguin 101, young tuxedo birbs Piper and Tule are back with the rest of our African penguin colony!  …

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Happy World Wildlife Day Tumblr! When you speak up for the ocean in your communities and on the national stage, you’re helping wildlife recover and thrive—like this mega-raft of …

A SHOCKING ENCOUNTER ⚡️🔋🦈! Divers exploring a local kelp forest happened upon this Pacific electric torpedo ray just last week! With muscles stacked with electric potential, torpedo rays can …

montereybayaquarium: My rock—deal with it. Leaping blennies are a lot of fun to watch. They flash their red dorsal fins to communicate with fellow blennies. They eat algae growing …