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SeaChange, Seattle Aquarium’s first annual fundraising breakfast, raises over $183,000
The Seattle Aquarium held the first of what will be an annual fundraising breakfast, SeaChange, on April 23. Over 200 guests joined us to support our Harbor Seal Capital Project, generously donating over $183,000 toward the beautiful new exhibit that’s more »
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Learn about the Superfund site in our collective backyard
Right across Elliott Bay from the Seattle Aquarium is the mouth of Seattle’s only river, the Duwamish River. Did you know that the Lower Duwamish is a Superfund site? Declared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2001, this more »
Harbor seal, Q is going to be a dad!
We are excited to learn from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium that one of their harbor seals is pregnant and a second may possibly be expecting as well! Our harbor seal, Q, who is living at the Point Defiance more »
Giant Pacific octopus protection update
In November of last year news reports of the killing of a giant Pacific octopus near Alki Point raised questions about the possible need for protective measures for the species. The Aquarium called for a review of options by the more »
Sound Conversations with Ginger Armbrust, Ph.D.: April 11 at the Seattle Aquarium
With the Sound full of amazing creatures like orca whales, harbor seals and giant Pacific octopuses, why should we care about little old plankton? Because, says Dr. Ginger Armbrust, the health of plankton in the ocean ultimately determines the health more »