Category: News

Get ready to skip the straw and help the ocean! On July 1, the City of Seattle’s ban on single-use plastic straws and utensils will go into effect. The …

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Caper’s Inlet, SC Arrival Date: 06/21/2018 Age: Juvenile Weight: 29.4 kg (63 pounds) Case History Hedwig was found stranded in Caper’s Inlet, a remote …

It’s that time of the year again when some friendly faces grace the waterways around the Lowcountry – that’s right, the West Indian manatees are back! You …

#4 in the 2018 series of guest blog posts by Seattle Aquarium beach naturalists Bobby Arispe and Jen Strongin. Message from Bobby: A couple of Saturdays ago I was …

First video is out! For this video, I wanted to do something that is VERY different from my usual “show coverage” videos. I wanted to take you guys with …

Life today might look a lot different than it did when some of your favorite giant lizards roamed the Earth (between 245 and 66 million years ago). But you …

>Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 6/15/18 Age: Juvenile Weight: 6.3 kg (13.8 pounds) Case History This young, juvenile green sea turtle was …

Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found our Acropora dream reef …

#3 in the 2018 series of guest blog posts by Seattle Aquarium beach naturalists Bobby Arispe and Jen Strongin. Message from Jen: Did you get out and explore our …

On Wednesday, June 20, divers working in the Secret Reef exhibit before the Aquarium opened spotted a Sand Tiger Shark lying unresponsive at the bottom of the tank. Upon …