Imagine gliding through the chilly, emerald-green waters of the Pacific, sunlight flickering through waving forests of kelp.

Hunted for their fur, California sea otters (a.k.a. southern sea otters, distinct from the northern Pacific subspecies found from Washington to Alaska) were nearly wiped out by the turn of the ...

Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from the aquarium deals with ‘wonder and respect and ...

Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored ...

Chloe, an 11-year-old sea otter, pokes her head out of the water on Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024, at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer ...

When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food—exploded ...

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The nation's first Indigenous-nominated marine sanctuary protects plant and animal life, and also honors the land’s original ...

As the weeks turned into months and eventually over a year of the world being shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic, aquariums, ...