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TALA, the North African Porcupine A prickly addition has joined the Aquarium of the Bay family and will be making her first public debut upon reopening.  Tala, a Cape porcupine, Hystrix [...]

Introducing our California Ground Squirrel, Woolsey! Rescued from the Woolsey, California wildfires in 2018 at just days old, she was rehabilitated by humans and deemed unreleasable by the [...]

Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The [...]

Spring and Summer are the seasons when many sharks, rays and skates breed in San Francisco Bay—and at the Aquarium. When one of the female bat rays on display in the Draper Startup Shark Tunnel [...]

Each year the California Coastal Commission sponsors an amateur photography contest featuring photographs that reflect the importance of the coast and ocean for California residents and the role [...]

Aquarium of the Bay at PIER 39 celebrated the first Black History Month in its history on February 22-23, 2019 in partnership with Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Community [...]

Dignitaries and presenters from all over the world discussed sustainable seafood practices and next steps to help protect endangered fisheries. The Aquarium was proud to host the Tides Foundation [...]

In late Spring of 2018, a mated pair of wolf eels laid and began to guard an egg mass at the Aquarium. For several months, staff observed the development of the eggs. In July, when the eggs were [...]

The Aquarium along with PIER 39 hosted over 10,000 guests for a night of cocktails and live music. The Aquarium was honored to host IBM as the grand finale of the IBM Think conference on February [...]

The eels we are surplusing to various other AZA accredited institutions were born in July of 2018. The parents have been in our care for a number of years. The male was captive born and surplused [...]