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Otter 501 Premier at the Northwest Film Forum
Otter 501 is premiering Friday, May 18 at 5pm at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle. Additional showings will be on Saturday, May 19 at 3pm and 5pm, Sunday, May 20 at 3pm, 5pm, and 7pm. This film...
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What Grows As You Watch?
Bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana, can grow a foot a day. Each year we can look into the Underwater Dome (above) or in the waters off Pier 60 (below) to see this annual algae growing up toward sunlight....
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Winter Fishtival January 3: Marine Mammals
Join the Seattle Aquarium for Winter Fishtival, where we’ll feature different sea animals and fun activities each day. Our focus on January 3 will be marine mammals: river otters, sea otters, northern...
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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;...
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Meet local experts during Sea Otter Awareness Weekends at the Seattle Aquarium
Join the Seattle Aquarium for Sea Otter Awareness Weekends on September 21–22 and 28–29. Along with games, activities and demonstrations, we’ll also feature local experts who will share insights,...
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The Seattle Aquarium’s Sekiu is 2!
Sekiu, the sea otter born at the Seattle Aquarium in 2012, is 2 years old today! Below, Aquarium Biologist Caroline Hempstead shares an update on what Sekiu has been up to this year. For more...
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Hello, Mishka! Seattle Aquarium welcomes a new sea otter
Great news! Mishka, a rescued Alaskan sea otter pup, will soon be making her home at the Seattle Aquarium. She’ll be arriving very early tomorrow morning and it’s expected that Aquarium visitors will...
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Counting the road to recovery for Washington’s sea otters
Curator of Conservation Research Shawn Larson with the spotting scope counting sea otters. Washington State’s annual sea otter survey is now complete—and the Seattle Aquarium was an active...
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Sea otter Mishka diagnosed with asthma
One-year-old Mishka, who joined us just this past January, has asthma—and is the first sea otter to be diagnosed with the disease. Asthma makes it difficult to breathe by causing spaces in the lungs to...
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Seattle Aquarium vet assists in sea otter surgery
Emergency surgery for Corky, a sea otter rescued by the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.Photo provided by Vancouver Aquarium. Dr. Lesanna Lahner, our staff veterinarian, recently...
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Stranded sea otter pup transferred to the Seattle Aquarium for rehabilitation
In early August, a sea otter pup was reported stranded on Rialto Beach, on the outer coast of Washington state. A male, the pup was estimated to be about three weeks old and was in critical condition;...
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Caring for Rialto takes a lot of time and energy! Here’s what a daily shift consists of: Diet preparation and feeding. Rialto eats Esbilac puppy formula blended with water and clam, surf clam foot and...
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A fond farewell to sea otter pup Rialto
September 19 was a bittersweet day for us at the Seattle Aquarium, as we said goodbye to Rialto and wished him a lifetime of health and happiness in his new home at the Vancouver Aquarium. The...
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Part 2: Katmai sea otter research trip 2017
Dr. Shawn Larson, the Aquarium’s curator of conservation research, was recently part of the team for the Southwest Alaska Network’s (SWAN) Nearshore Vital Signs monitoring program 10-day research trip....
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Part 1: Seattle Aquarium staff assist with sea otter rehabilitation in Alaska
Follow along with Seattle Aquarium bird and mammal team members Mariko Bushcamp and Aubrey Theiss, who recently traveled to the Alaska SeaLife Center to assist with the rehabilitation of an orphaned...
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Part 2: Seattle Aquarium staff assist with sea otter rehabilitation in Alaska
Follow along with Seattle Aquarium bird and mammal team members Mariko Bushcamp and Aubrey Theiss, who recently traveled to the Alaska SeaLife Center to assist with the rehabilitation of an orphaned...
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Part 3: Seattle Aquarium staff assist with sea otter rehabilitation in Alaska
Follow along with Seattle Aquarium bird and mammal team members Mariko Bushcamp and Aubrey Theiss, who recently traveled to the Alaska SeaLife Center to assist with the rehabilitation of an orphaned...
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Seattle Aquarium assists with Hardy, the rescued sea otter
Hardy the sea otter pup. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium. Guest post by Seattle Aquarium Animal Care Technician Aubrey Theiss Meet Hardy, the newest rescued orphaned northern sea otter pup at the...
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Part 2: Seattle Aquarium assists with Hardy, the rescued sea otter
Guest post by Seattle Aquarium Laboratory Specialist Amy Green Hardy, a rescued northern sea otter pup, is well on his way to recovery at the Vancouver Aquarium. This is the second week that Seattle...
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Part 3: Seattle Aquarium assists with Hardy, the rescued sea otter
Guest post by Seattle Aquarium Biologist Caroline Hempstead It is now the fourth week of the Seattle Aquarium staff providing animal care assistance to Hardy, a rescued sea otter at the Vancouver...
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