You can take behind-the-scenes tours, get up close and personal with reptiles at the Turtle Experience, and attend talks to widen your knowledge and feedings. Other not-to-be-missed highlights include ...

Forty years since opening, the Monterey Bay Aquarium continues to run against the current, but also inspire ... no public aquariums in the United States had jellyfish tanks. Many aquariums thought ...

Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

Museum visiting hours vary, but generally the aquarium is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 or 8 p.m. Consult the National Aquarium's official website for current hours and exhibit openings.