MONTEREY – After a one-day online poll with almost 30,000 participants, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has announced it is naming its newest resident otter Opal. The Aquarium is planning for Opal to ...

the braintrust that would later become founders of the Monterey Bay Aquarium were well acquainted with aquariums and zoos around the world. But looking at the abandoned Hovden Cannery in the 1970s ...

The "Open Sea" exhibit best exemplifies how special the massive Monterey Bay Aquarium is. Sea turtles, stingrays, sharks, jellyfish and schools of fish have thousands of gallons of water to ...

Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She’s now stepping back from the role. Julie Packard, a marine biologist ...