Explore the wonders of the ocean in a gif-ferent way, as we tumble through the beauty and science of the sea. Our mission is to inspire conservation of the ocean.
We get pretty excited about the common siphonophore. What’s not to love?
We’re thrilled to be the first public aquarium in the world to culture and raise these delightful drifters. While these animals are incredibly fragile and difficult to see, they’re abundant and can be found throughout the ocean!
Siphonophores are colonies of tiny animals called “zooids”, and they play an important role in the oceanic food webs.
Thank you to our colleagues at @mbari-blog for the common siphonophore footage! Check out their website to learn more about these magnificent mysteries!
What sound would a predatory tunicate make? Resembling a piranha plant from Super Mario Bros., these transparent invertebrates live anchored along the deep sea canyon walls and seafloor, patiently waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander by or swim into their cavernous hoods.
No better way to seal-ebrate than this wave of cuteness galumphing into your feed 🦭😍
Pupping season can begin as early as February and go until June or July. Remember to share the shore and give these babies space —moms sometimes stash their pup while they go off to forage or hunt and can get scared away if disturbed.
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Scammers are targeting Monterey Bay Aquarium visitors with these fake ticket offers online.
The only place to purchase official Aquarium tickets is through our website. As a nonprofit organization, proceeds from legitimate ticket sales allow us to continue our mission of inspiring conservation of the ocean. Find out more here: https://mbayaq.co/3vlcRpi
Let your worries bubble away with 12 hours of home-grown Artemia brine shrimp swimming to a bubbling soundscape behind the scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
How do you get from Kevin Bacon to shrimp? 🤔 Join us as we shellebrate the interconnectedness of our world, from the silver screen to the shimmering seas.
Let’s shellebrate the crustacean sensations of the stage and sea-lver screen with these shrimply sublime parody musical posters.
(p.s. If you donate $20 to our Shrimp Week fundraiser, you’ll receive access to high-quality versions of these posters to download and print yourselves. Put them up in your classroom! Dorm! House! Office! Bathroom?) Donate today!
Join the Aquarium crew for a strikingly prawnderful livestream on Thurs., Mar. 14 at 4 p.m. PT. We’ll be talking mantis shrimp with a mantis shrimp aquarist while playing the card game Mantis!