UCSD music students slated to blend art with science at Birch Aquarium

By City News Service, on February 27, 2013, at 12:43 am
(Flickr/Minarae)

Join Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego for a special evening under the sea featuring [...] Read More

Oh, the places you’ll go: Summer learning hot spots

By Amy Bentley, on June 12, 2012, at 12:09 am
Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, near Pasadena features lush, themed gardens. (Credit: Wikimedia)

Summer is the perfect time to schedule family day trips to interesting places with educational value, like museums, science centers, [...] Read More

Upcoming: Stroll under the full moon along Scripps Pier in La Jolla

By SWRNN Staff, on May 11, 2012, at 12:00 am
(Photo courtesy of Flickr)

The public is invited to take a night stroll under the full moon in the upcoming months. Many people were [...] Read More

Boundless Energy: Birch Aquarium new exhibit to open Saturday

By Rocky Salmon, on July 6, 2011, at 9:31 pm
Artist rendering of one of the interactive elements as part of Birch Aquarium's new Boundless Energy exhibit. Courtesy photo.

Children will get to use their pent-up energy for good by powering a play area as part of Birch Aquarium’s [...] Read More

Birch Aquarium to kick off World Oceans Day with Dr. Seuss-themed celebrations

By Rocky Salmon, on June 3, 2011, at 7:39 pm
Birch Aquarium at Scripps' 13,000-gallon shark reef. Credit: Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Children will take part in a fishy scavenger hunt, get faces painted, and vote for the name of a new [...] Read More

Public invited to name a worm and make history on World Ocean Day

By Kerri S. Mabee, on May 9, 2011, at 11:01 am
Celebrate World Ocean Day by helping researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, name two new species of deep-sea worms. (Courtesy photo)

If you think worms are wiggly, squiggly and just a little bit wonderful, then Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La [...] Read More