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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 »
Sea otters at the Seattle Aquarium and beyond
Here at the Seattle Aquarium we have four sea otters: Adaa, a 13-year-old male found on an airport runway; Lootas, a 15-year-old female found orphaned in Alaska and rehabilitated back to health here; Aniak, a 10-year-old female born here to more »
Posted in Conservation, Marine Animals, Seattle Aquarium
Tagged Adaa, Aniak, Lootas, Marine Mammal Mania, sea otter, Seattle Aquarium, Sekiu
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Seattle Aquarium volunteer inspires conservation in her workplace
Seattle Aquarium volunteer Annie Spalding is at the end of an incredibly challenging decade. She was treated for cancer—along with her mother, grandmother and brother. Her brother didn’t survive. But Annie chose to create something positive from the heartbreak she more »
Suquamish Students go to Washington DC as delegates from the Seattle Aquarium
Some of our proudest moments at the Seattle Aquarium occur when we see students working to fulfill our mission of Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment. In a particularly impressive example of this, a group of Suquamish Tribe students from more »
Posted in Conservation, Seattle Aquarium, Teen Programs
Tagged Chief Kitsap Academy, Coastal America Partnership, National Student Summit on Oceans and Coasts, Seattle Aquarium, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Suquamish Tribe, Washington D.C.
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Seattle Aquarium aims to go carbon neutral
In mid-January, through the planting of 82 trees, the Seattle Aquarium offset its carbon output via an innovative program launched in 2012 called Carbon Capturing Companies (or C3). Developed by Forterra (formerly the Cascade Land Conservancy), the program recruits businesses more »