March 7, 2023
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating the arrival of more than 70 tiny newborn Weedy Seadragons, which are incredibly difficult to breed and rear in captivity.
October 8, 2015
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, has named UC San Diego alumnus Harry Helling as its new executive director. Helling, who started his career more than 30 years ago as an associate curator at the T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium on the Scripps Oceanography campus, is a…
October 31, 2013
…the exhibits at the Birch Aquarium during the signature event Night at the Aquarium. Photos by Erika Johnson/University Communications They visited the Birch Aquarium tide pools under the stars, learned about cutting edge undergraduate research and even participated in a “Thriller” style flash mob. More than 2,200 students, parents, family…
October 13, 2011
…feature comedic performances, an alumni barbeque, visits to the Birch Aquarium and a “green eggs and ham” brunch among other events.
July 12, 2022
Excitement filled the air at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego today as the first official guests gathered to experience Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins, the newest and most anticipated exhibit in the aquarium’s history.
February 16, 2017
…Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium at Scripps to transform Antarctic ice shelf vibrations into unique musical arrangements. “What I want to do is to give a voice to the ice,” said McClure, a faculty member at SUNY Geneseo and Eastman School of Music. McClure received a National Science Foundation…
November 16, 2017
…the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation that jump-started the construction of a new aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Last year, more than 460,000 visitors from across the globe visited Birch Aquarium, which serves an important role in interpreting the path-breaking work of Scripps Oceanography scientists. As part of the…
April 7, 2016
…Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Birch Aquarium and Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan near downtown San Diego. “Springfest represents the most important departmental event for graduate students: a festival run by us, for our projects,” said cellist and music graduate student Judith Hamann, coordinator for this year’s festival. Now in…
January 13, 2017
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the Western Australian Museum capture on video the first-ever field sightings of the newly discovered third species of seadragon. As they observed two Ruby Seadragons on video for nearly 30 minutes, the scientists uncovered new details…
June 13, 2013
…Family Night at the Birch Aquarium, to various reunions and a True Triton Brunch, all guests unleashed their inner Triton. The much-buzzed program began Thursday night with Taste of UCSD. Alumni and friends listened to five UC San Diego faculty members discuss their groundbreaking research and latest projects in short,…
