Kelp Forest Web Cam

The Weird and the Wonderful from ORCA's Eye-in-the-Sea

The Ocean Research & Conservation Association Eye-in-the-Sea deep-sea web cam is providing remarkable live footage from the depths of Monterey Bay, including a gaggle of hagfish feeding on a harbor seal carcass. ORCA is working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to help solve the mysteries of this dark, cold and complex world.

"Super Green" Seafood List: Healthy for You, and the Ocean

How can you eat more seafood for your health and protect ocean ecosystems? We’ve got the answer. Working with the Environmental Defense Fund and scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health, we’ve created a "Super Green" list of wild and farmed seafood that’s good for people and the oceans.

Baby Otter on Board

In early January, a five-week-old sea otter was found stranded in Morro Bay and rescued by staff from the Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program and the California Department of Fish and Game. On February 18, the otter, named Kit after a fictional character in John Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus, became the youngest otter ever to go on exhibit at the Aquarium.