May 23, 2019
…Solved New exhibition at Birch Aquarium aims to understand and breed these unusual fish With its new exhibition Seadragons & Seahorses, Birch Aquarium at Scripps aims to be the first to breed Leafy Seadragons, above, in captivity. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The opening of Seahorses & Seadragons,…
February 1, 2024
For the first time, a Little Blue Penguin has hatched at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The chick made its debut on New Year’s Day in the aquarium’s Penguin Care and Conservation Center in Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins.
March 5, 2015
…Give $6 Million to Birch Aquarium “One of the real shortcomings for children in communities like City Heights and other areas is the lack of opportunity to have exposure to cultural institutions as well as museums and science resources,” said Robert E. Price, who with his wife Allison leads Price…
November 15, 2018
…designed and built for Birch Aquarium in the Aquarium itself. Photo by David Baillot UC San Diego Undergrads Design New Birch Aquarium Exhibit Ten UC San Diego undergraduate students. Ten weeks. One floor-ready, interactive museum exhibit. If it sounds like a herculean task, that’s because it is: professional exhibit designers…
October 20, 2016
…Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Birch Fellows Create Immersive Experience for New R/V Sally Ride Gallery New UC San Diego fellowship program fosters collaboration between aquarium and campus When UC San Diego’s new Expedition at Sea: R/V Sally Ride gallery opens this fall at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,…
July 21, 2022
…Smallest Penguins Waddle into Birch Aquarium A Little Blue Penguin swims in the pool of its new habitat. Photos by Erik Jespen/University Communications. The world’s smallest penguins have officially made their big debut in San Diego. On July 12, the new Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins habitat opened to the…
August 22, 2024
…Jolla, CA (August 21, 2024)—Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego today announced Living Seas, a reimagined exhibition that will replace the aquarium’s famed Hall of Fishes next summer. The exhibition, the largest capital improvement since the aquarium was built in 1992, invites guests to journey…
February 13, 2020
For the first time ever, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego has bred and successfully hatched two rare Weedy Seadragons. This is a first for Birch Aquarium, now one of the few aquariums in the world to hatch this unusual fish.
March 11, 2016
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is playing a critical role in the conservation of local Southern California Tidewater Goby, an endangered species native to California. Since El Niño storms have the potential to inundate the habitat of these small coastal fish, Birch Aquarium is temporarily…
October 21, 2015
Donald Walter Wilkie, director of the Scripps Aquarium-Museum from 1965-1993 and founding director of the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum (now known as Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego), died on October 5, 2015, in San Diego. He was 84 years old.
