For three decades, we’ve pushed the boundaries of what’s possible, from developing cutting-edge technology to replicate deep-sea environments to caring for pelagic giants like Mola mola and green sea turtles.  Join us in celebrating 30 years of the Open Sea exhibit 🌊✨ visit today: mbayaq.co/4d12Cd7

Ready to make waves? The Monterey Bay Aquarium is seeking experienced professionals ready to put their expertise to work for ocean conservation. In these roles, you’ll help shape strategy, strengthen impactful programs, and inspire millions to care for the ocean. Join us: mbayaq.co/4rCiiY4

The ocean and all who love it lost an inspiring advocate with the passing this week of Tierney Thys. She brought such joy to the work of protecting and restoring our blue planet. This wonderful tribute from Danielle Thys captures her spirit so beautifully: bit.ly/4s4hVq6

When I grow up… 🤔💭 The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers many different career paths. [1/3]

The most powerful action we can take toward solving the challenges facing our ocean planet isn’t despair, it’s imagination and celebration in community. 🎧🪩🎶

Who’s your favorite animal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium? 🐟⭐ From nudibranch defense to baby giant sea bass to memorable sea stars, these animals help our team connect to the ocean—and inspire us to care for it.💙https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4JaHRMjG0as Share with us your favorite Aquarium animal!

We’re proud to highlight the Seafood Watch Best Choice Restaurant program! Best Choice restaurants source seafood that is fished or farmed in ways that support a healthy ocean ✅ Help make the best choice for our ocean and learn more about Best Choice restaurants: mbayaq.co/4uayXUT

Our goal: to help create the best possible climate future. And dance in front of the Kelp Forest.

Shake off your stress and wiggle into the weekend with rough snailfish!

Black faces belong in ocean spaces 🌊 Monterey Bay Aquarium and Black Ocean Stanford Scholars (BOSS) are growing visibility, mentorship, and opportunities for Black marine scientists in Monterey Bay and beyond. Resilience, representation, and stewardship go hand-in-hand. mbayaq.co/4r2y0LH

Yeah, she’s kind of a big deal. 🦦 We’ve got an otter overachiever on our hands. 🌟 Selka’s survived a shark bite, contributed to scientific studies, and raised orphaned pups as a surrogate mother.

🌊 No matter your path, there’s space for you here. Cameron from our People & Culture team welcomes you into a shared journey rooted in care for each other and the ocean. You don’t need a specific background to belong. The ocean belongs to all of us. You belong here. youtube.com/shorts/QoSKF...

🌊The ocean connects us. Ready to make waves? At Monterey Bay Aquarium, we’re hiring experienced professionals to help drive meaningful ocean conservation. Your strengths can help shape strategy, elevate programs, and inspire ocean conservation in millions worldwide. Join us: mbayaq.co/4c2UhVY

With gratitude for an extraordinary legacy and excitement for what’s ahead, we’re thrilled to share that, following a global search, Dr. Jenny Gray has been appointed the Aquarium’s Chief Executive Officer. Learn more about Dr. Jenny in her interview with the LA Times mbayaq.co/46Mi6h7

Jenny is passionate about @montereybayaquarium.org's conservation mission, a leader in the zoological community, and committed to advancing our vision of a future where the ocean flourishes and people thrive in a just and equitable world. With her at the helm, the Aquarium is in great hands.

I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Dr. Jenny Gray as the new CEO of @montereybayaquarium.org. I’ve gotten to know Jenny over the years through her work with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the IUCN. She is a fantastic person. bit.ly/4kEsDRe

Sea otter pups can become stranded when storms separate them or when they drift away while mom is diving for food. Once alone, these pups have little to no chance of survival. This lucky pair was reunited quickly, found less than a mile apart. Learn more about sea otters: mbayaq.co/4re9yHY

¡Los loros del mar necesitan nuestra ayuda! 🧡 Formamos parte de un Plan de Supervivencia de Especies que incuba, cría y protege a estos preciosos polluelos. youtube.com/shorts/jh50u...

The Aquarium is more than a place you visit, it’s a place you belong. Inclusivity matters because the ocean belongs to everyone. mbayaq.co/46fBcMm

We had a lot of fun showing @schiff.senate.gov around @montereybayaquarium.org last week. Our sea otter exhibit and our work to rescue, rehabilitate, and return stranded animals to the wild captured his heart. We're grateful for all the Senator is doing so people and the ocean can thrive together.

We’re delighted that Executive Director @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org will receive the 2026 Peter Benchley Ocean Awards as Ocean Hero in ceremonies at the Aquarium on May 7. The awards, presented by @aquariumconserv.bsky.social, celebrate those whose work advances ocean conservation.

ES: ¡Preciosa de rosa! 🪼💗 Esta viajera de las profundidades es una belleza, con sus preciosos colores rosa y morado. Pero ojo, ¡no te acerques demasiado! Esos largos tentáculos y bultitos en su campana tienen una picadura potente. youtube.com/shorts/a7oO2...

🌊 Last call to all ocean champions! It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY #MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling

Fall in love with the Cupid Cohort! 💌🏹❤️ Our nearly two-year-old sunflower stars–spawned on Valentine’s Day in 2023, earning them their lovey-dovey nickname.  www.youtube.com/shorts/SrUVi...

Sea star wasting syndrome killed billions of stars, including sunflower stars. Thanks to a cohort of scientists, a cause of the syndrome is now identified. Each day, new science is emerging that will help our efforts to restore the population! Read more about sunflower stars: mbayaq.co/3ZlFtKf

Ever wondered who cares for some of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures? We’re chatting with Ellen & Mariana about their career paths, why conservation matters, & how aquarists & researchers are restoring species like the sunflower sea star. Join us live 1/22 at 12 p.m. PT. at mbayaq.co/4sHfSch

The future of ocean conservation starts with people like you! We’re looking for professionals ready to turn ideas into action and build meaningful connections with our community. We’re hiring for roles across programs, memberships, IT, and more 🐟 We hope to whale-come you to the team! bit.ly/49B9MS0

Not so long ago, in a galaxy off the West Coast… SEA STAR WASTING SYNDROME has killed billions of Pycnopodia helianthoides. Scientists took up the fight to restore sunflower stars. We will be sharing their saga all next week on YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn this coming Monday! ✴️

Meet the favorite Aquarium animals of our Interpretive Programs team! 🐙🐟 From sweet-scented nudibranchs to multitasking octopuses to fish with fun-to-say names, these animals help us connect to the ocean—and inspire us to care for it. 💙 What’s your favorite AQ animal? www.youtube.com/shorts/A8F1P...

🌊 The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program helps us all make choices for a healthy #ocean. Curious what it’s like to work in this field? Eva May, a Fisheries Scientist at #Seafood Watch, breaks down her role in everyday terms using ONLY the 1000 most common words in the English language.

✨Opal is ready for her close-up! This confident and curious otter explores the world with her teeth. Behind Opal’s fluffy whiskered face is a powerful bite rivaling the king of the jungle! 🦁

Today, the Aquarium’s Executive Director Julie Packard joined voices with the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a firm defense of sound science, community and our shared environment, and protecting the California coast from new offshore drilling. mbayaq.co/4qHvLO5

As the year begins to quiet, we’re pausing, like a great egret choosing a steady perch over the constantly moving kelp forest canopy. Nature has a gentle way of reminding us to slow down, reflect, and find balance. Here’s to calm moments, the quiet between chapters, and new beginnings. 💙🌊

Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼 There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.

While on a science diving trip in Kona, Hawaii, a group of Aquarium staffers encountered a humpback whale. 🐋 The experience led them to commemorate the whale sighting with matching tattoos. There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt

You’ve got a 5-hour flight over the holidays with some fronds from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Who’re you sitting next to? 🦦🦀🦈🪱 Let us know in the comments below!

Our newest Krill Waves Radio session just dropped! Sit back, relax, and soak in the uplifting, playful, and delightfully goofy goodness that tufted puffins and common murres bring to the screen. Your stress doesn't stand a chance. Listen now: mbayaq.co/48HhIAH Music by @chillhopmusic.bsky.social

Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆 This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.

Murres and puffins, our winter seabird fashionistas! ❄️

Jacquie, our Scientific Illustration Intern, brings the ocean to life as she illustrates a longfin inshore squid for Seafood Watch. Drafted in Photoshop and finished in mixed media—showing how creativity supports ocean conservation. Check out the video! 👏 💙 🌊 youtube.com/shorts/zwfl3...

Happy World Fisheries Day—a time to celebrate all the #ocean and fish that sustain us! Want to learn more about #sustainable #seafood? 🐟🦦 Then you otter meet Talley, the outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch: youtu.be/zSuxCJ6UA2Q

Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.

For over 30 years, the Seattle Aquarium has led in sea otter research, contributed to recovery efforts and cared for northern sea otters who are unable to live in the wild. Today is a big day as we welcome Ruby—the first southern sea otter in our care. ✨🦦 (1/4)

ES: Inteligente, hermoso y capaz de sorprender. El pulpo gigante del Pacífico usa el camuflaje, la propulsión a chorro y ocho brazos para cazar con precisión. Estos expertos en mariscos necesitan un océano saludable, ¡y nosotros también! www.youtube.com/shorts/sGUG9...

The ocean doesn't just influence climate—it IS climate. Yet it's often left out of the conversation. Today at COP30, that's changing. Monterey Bay Aquarium joined the Belem Ocean Declaration commitment: "Let 2025 be remembered as the year the world united land and sea to protect all life on Earth."

🤩 Meet Jacquie Rajerison, our Scientific Illustration intern. With a marine biology background and a love for drawing, she’s illustrating a Japanese spider crab to help our vet team study it up close. 🦀 🎨 mbayaq.co/44gnGad

A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars... No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.

Aquarium Veterinarian Dr. Ri Chang recently implemented a treatment that helped a stranded otter pup recover from the deadly disease acanthocephalan peritonitis. That pup was successfully released in the wild in September! Read more about the Aquarium’s otter program: mbayaq.co/497BqaG

🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems. youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...

Wait for it… Boo! 👻 From a sand-shrouded angel shark to an octopus’s color-changing camouflage, many ocean animals are masters of disguise—no magic required! ✨