Need some motiv-ocean to leap into the weekend? You got this! Leaping blennies are amazing amphibious fish. They can launch themselves off rocks and into the air sometimes up to 50 times their body...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

11.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Hello MBA. I've always had a passion for teaching...

hkpika07 said: Hello MBA. I've always had a passion for teaching others about the ocean and how to care for it. My dream job is to be the person who is at the aquarium teaching you facts. I'm getting...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

11.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🎶Just dropped: The Recovery (Aquarium’s version)...

🎶Just dropped: The Recovery (Aquarium’s version) 🎥🦦Because saving sea otters is the real win 🏈🦦 and we’re in our wildlife era! 👀 Spotted: A billboard with a mission. Touchdown, call the rescuers, said...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

11.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Bone appétit! 🦴🪱 Bone-eating worms may not have...

Bone appétit! 🦴🪱 Bone-eating worms may not have eyes, legs, a mouth, or a stomach, but they are perfectly adapted for their role in the deep sea. When whales die, their bodies sink to the seafloor,...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

06.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — So.... Jugging is like sticking your leg out of...

in-a-mellow-tone said: So.... Jugging is like sticking your leg out of the blanket to keep yourself cool but the opposite way around? Answer: That’s a great way of thinking about it! 🩵 As mammals, we...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

06.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — One ocean, two languages, one heart

One ocean, two languages, one heartMeet Héctor! Héctor’s a genuine and hardworking person with more than 3,000 hours of volunteer service at the Aquarium. Uncover his story in his first language,...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

05.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 👋😎Stay cool, California sea lions. California sea...

👋😎Stay cool, California sea lions. California sea lions raft on the surface of the Monterey Bay “jugging”–sticking their flippers out of the water in a jug handle shape to regulate their internal body...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

03.09.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Seafood Watch Popular Seafood Guide

Seafood Watch Popular Seafood Guide🥁 Drumroll, please… 🎉 Introducing our new Seafood Watch Popular Seafood Guide—making ocean-friendly seafood choices easier than ever! 🐟 From cod and crab to shrimp...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

26.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — One lump(fish) or two? ☝️✌️🤔

One lump(fish) or two? ☝️✌️🤔ALTFar below the ocean’s waves, a bulbous-looking fish with leathery skin and large eyes slowly swims along. The appropriately named lumpfish live up to this magnificent...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Welcome back to the puffling playoffs!

montereybayaquarium: “It’s time for the puffling playoffs! 🐣This summer we welcomed two hatchlings to our tufted puffin colony. Our aviculturists chose the name Nori, like the type of seaweed used in...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — It’s giving otter mom energy 🦦🤱⚡

It’s giving otter mom energy 🦦🤱⚡Behind the scenes at Monterey Bay Aquarium, surrogacy is a crucial step in a rescued sea otter pup’s plan for release back to the wild. ALTALTWe pair young orphaned...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🤩🤩🤩

mbari-blog: “The predatory tunicate snaps up tasty morsels in the deep sea 🍽️The predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia spp.) lives attached to the rocky seafloor, orienting a cavernous mouth into the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🐣 Welcome our perfect puffling pair, Sprout and...

🐣 Welcome our perfect puffling pair, Sprout and Nori! 🐣With over 6,000 votes cast over three days of fierce and fluffy competition, Sprout soared to the top of the puffling playoff naming bracket. 🌱...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — And now... It's time to decide our puffin's name!

montereybayaquarium: “montereybayaquarium: “It’s time for the puffling playoffs! 🐣This summer we welcomed two hatchlings to our tufted puffin colony. Our aviculturists chose the name Nori, like the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — It’s time for the puffling playoffs! 🐣

It’s time for the puffling playoffs! 🐣This summer we welcomed two hatchlings to our tufted puffin colony. Our aviculturists chose the name Nori, like the type of seaweed used in sushi, for the older...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — ES - Un habitante del profundo, el ctenóforo...

ES - Un habitante del profundo, el ctenóforo vientre rojo navega por las aguas profundas con un vientre brillante y filas de cilios iridiscentes que iluminan los rincones más oscuros de nuesta...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Innovative imaging technologies are helping answer...

mbari-blog: “MBARI technology reveals new insights about deep-sea octopus and opens the door for future bioinspired robots 🐙🤝🤖 Innovative imaging technologies are helping answer fundamental questions...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — A star-tling diagnosis

A star-tling diagnosisYou may have seen that the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) has been in the news a lot lately. Like southern sea otters, giant sunflower sea stars are one of the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🧡 The Life of a Sea Otter 🧡

🧡 The Life of a Sea Otter 🧡🦦 Did someone mention otters recently? 🎶 Are you ready for it? Because when it comes to the life of a sea otter, our exhibit otters are the 1 🧡 🌊 At Monterey Bay Aquarium,...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Ready to go back to school and dive into some...

Ready to go back to school and dive into some fun?! 📚🏖️ We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — What’s the Aquarium like at night? 🦐🌃

What’s the Aquarium like at night? 🦐🌃Join Kassandra for a day, well, night in the life of a lead security officer at Monterey Bay Aquarium. As part of our security team, she’s responsible for ensuring...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Sink beneath the surface and let the ocean compose...

Sink beneath the surface and let the ocean compose its symphony. In this special edition of Krill Waves Radio, classical music meets the untamed rhythms of Monterey Bay. 🐋🎻 Whales breach like...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

25.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — A jelly poem

ALTA jelly poem✨In twilight tides where moonlight swells, The black sea nettle softly dwells. A veil of ink, a ghostly thread, With trailing arms of starlight spread. 🌊And here on shore, our hands can...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

10.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🎨 Art meets advocacy in Geneva!

🎨 Art meets advocacy in Geneva! ALT𓂃🖌 During this week’s Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, a 6-meter-tall sculpture—The Thinker’s Burden—is a compelling visual call for world leaders to finalize a...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🌕 Something fishy under the moon...

🌕 Something fishy under the moon…ALT🌊 Just like the moon controls the tides, some fish are known to sync their spawning with lunar phases. Coincidence? Or cosmic connection? 🐟✨ ALT

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Plastic is everywhere...

Plastic is everywhere…from the deepest ocean trench to remote shorelines. Take action to help stop plastic pollution and protect our ocean for future generations. You, too, have the power to turn the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — How are the siphonophores doing? I spoke to a...

bolerobowl said: How are the siphonophores doing? I spoke to a volunteer about research into their reproduction, and it's so wild they're there to begin with. Pls tell the siphonophores and...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Hop aboard the MST trolley for a fast, fun, and...

Hop aboard the MST trolley for a fast, fun, and free ride to the Aquarium this summer! 🚋Hop aboard the MST trolley for a fast, fun, and free ride to the Aquarium this summer! 🚋 By choosing...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Sciencey question for you: What is the...

lb33-jack said: Sciencey question for you: What is the evolutionary advantage of having one continuous fin, like those on eels, as opposed to having separate dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, like on a...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Meet Makana, the Laysan albatross at Monterey Bay...

ALTMeet Makana, the Laysan albatross at Monterey Bay Aquarium! ALTALT💙Makana was rescued after sustaining injuries that left her unable to fly. 💙After being rescued and rehabilitated in our care,...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.08.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — DITL of a sustainability program manager at the...

DITL of a sustainability program manager at the Monterey Bay AquariumA trash panda at the Aquarium?! 🦝 Yep! And they’re leading the charge for a plastic-free future! Meet Claudia, our senior...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

30.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Stim toys and softer noise–we’ve got your senses...

Stim toys and softer noise–we’ve got your senses covered! 🐧ALTALTAs a window into the wonders of the ocean, the Aquarium can be a popular place full of sights, sounds, smells, and textures. Feeling...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

30.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — MBARI’s advanced underwater robots have filmed...

mbari-blog: “The telescope octopus is a rare sight in the deep seaMBARI’s advanced underwater robots have filmed thousands of hours of deep-sea video. The team in MBARI’s Video Lab combs through this...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

14.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Educator programs at the Aquarium 📚

Educator programs at the Aquarium 📚🌊 The future of education matters—and so does joy, curiosity, and community. Educator programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium help K–12 educators make waves in the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

03.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Why, I otter… 🦦

Why, I otter… 🦦The Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program supports the recovery of the wild southern sea otter population found along the California coast. Our staff and volunteers are committed to...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Underwater Explorers is running now until...

Underwater Explorers is running now until September 1! 🤿🎉 Since 2002, these summer programs have given kids an up-close and personal surface scuba experience in our Great Tide Pool, inspiring them to...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🌟It’s Opal’s next big opportunity to shine!

🌟It’s Opal’s next big opportunity to shine! Since her dazzling debut on exhibit this spring, Opal quickly settled right into her new home and bonded with her raftmates. 💙 Now, Opal is ready to tackle...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

02.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Join us TODAY for a Livestream at 3:30 p.m. with...

ALTJoin us TODAY for a Livestream at 3:30 p.m. with our Director of Guest Experience Interpretive Programs and our bilingual content creators, as we chat about inclusive learning environments! We’ll...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

01.07.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🏳️‍🌈 Join the Monterey Bay Aquarium as we...

🏳️‍🌈 Join the Monterey Bay Aquarium as we sea-lebrate Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️ALTOur staff and volunteers gathered in early June to raise the Progress Pride flag in front of the Aquarium. We’ll continue the fun...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

26.06.2025

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Seal yourself away from stress 🦭🎶

Seal yourself away from stress 🦭🎶Time to channel your inner harbor seal—wherever you are! Whether you’re lounging at home, soaking up the sun, or just imagining the ocean breeze, let yourself relax...

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Monterey Bay Aquarium — Need some motiv-ocean to leap into the weekend?...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Hello MBA. I've always had a passion for teaching...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🎶Just dropped: The Recovery (Aquarium’s version)...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Bone appétit! 🦴🪱 Bone-eating worms may not have...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — So.... Jugging is like sticking your leg out of...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — One ocean, two languages, one heart

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 👋😎Stay cool, California sea lions. California sea...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Seafood Watch Popular Seafood Guide

Monterey Bay Aquarium — One lump(fish) or two? ☝️✌️🤔

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Welcome back to the puffling playoffs!

Monterey Bay Aquarium — It’s giving otter mom energy 🦦🤱⚡

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🤩🤩🤩

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🐣 Welcome our perfect puffling pair, Sprout and...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — And now... It's time to decide our puffin's name!

Monterey Bay Aquarium — It’s time for the puffling playoffs! 🐣

Monterey Bay Aquarium — ES - Un habitante del profundo, el ctenóforo...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Innovative imaging technologies are helping answer...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — A star-tling diagnosis

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🧡 The Life of a Sea Otter 🧡

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Ready to go back to school and dive into some...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — What’s the Aquarium like at night? 🦐🌃

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Sink beneath the surface and let the ocean compose...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — A jelly poem

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🎨 Art meets advocacy in Geneva!

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🌕 Something fishy under the moon...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Plastic is everywhere...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — How are the siphonophores doing? I spoke to a...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Hop aboard the MST trolley for a fast, fun, and...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Sciencey question for you: What is the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Meet Makana, the Laysan albatross at Monterey Bay...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — DITL of a sustainability program manager at the...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Stim toys and softer noise–we’ve got your senses...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — MBARI’s advanced underwater robots have filmed...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Educator programs at the Aquarium 📚

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Why, I otter… 🦦

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Underwater Explorers is running now until...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🌟It’s Opal’s next big opportunity to shine!

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Join us TODAY for a Livestream at 3:30 p.m. with...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — 🏳️‍🌈 Join the Monterey Bay Aquarium as we...

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Seal yourself away from stress 🦭🎶

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