Reports from Seaside Aquarium While preforming the necropsy on the baby gray whale the Coast Guard reported a third whale floating about a mile offshore. Saturday afternoon the whale washed ashore on…
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Seaside Aquarium Celebrates Year of Monthly Beach Cleanups, Continues Effort in 2023, First Saturday Every Month
The Seaside Aquarium ardently extended thanks to those of you who volunteered your time and energy into keeping Seaside Beach clean through our monthly beach cleanups sponsored by us (Seaside Aquarium), the…
Sea Turtle Stranding Season on the Oregon Coast
From Seaside Aquarium What: Sea Turtle Season (Be on the lookout for cold-stunned sea turtles on the beach) When: November-February Where: Oregon and Washington coasts An Olive Ridley sea turtle was found…
Seaside Aquarium Utilizes Washed Ashore Thresher Shark for Public Necropsy, Learning Experience to start Labor Day Weekend
Beach goers got quite the memorable experience this Labor Day weekend. Staff from the Seaside Aquarium were alerted the night of September 2, 2022 of another large thresher shark washing in on…
Scientific Data Gathered by Seaside Aquarium from Nearly 12-foot Thresher Shark Washed Ashore in Long Beach, WA
Staff from the Seaside Aquarium participated in an impromptu dissection of a nearly 12-foot, female thresher shark yesterday August 18, 2022. Staff received a call about a dead thresher shark near the…
Seaside Beach Discovery Program Returns – Saturdays in July & August
Who: Seaside Aquarium What: Seaside Beach Discovery Program When: Saturdays July- August 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (weather dependent) Where: On the beach in front of Seaside Aquarium Why: After taking a…
Seaside Aquarium Recovers Female Broadnose Sevengill Shark from Arcadia Beach, North of Cannon Beach
Photos & Video by TiffanyBoothe/Seaside Aquarium A broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianum) washed ashore yesterday Sunday June 26th at the south end of Arcadia Beach State Park, north of Cannon Beach. The…
BEAVER RESCUE ON GEARHART BEACH; HEADS FOR REHAB AT WILDLIFE CENTER OF NORTH COAST
On Friday April 15, 2022, the Seaside Aquarium had the pleasure of rescuing this feisty beaver. First reported as a sea otter, it took us a few trips up and down the…
It’s Seal Pupping Season: Important reminder – Leave pups (or any marine mammal) found on the beach alone; contact their local marine mammal stranding network.
Who: Seaside Aquarium What: Seal Pup Season When: April through September Where: Oregon and Washington Coasts Fuzzy, plump and cute enough to squeeze, newborn harbor seal season is in full swing. While their big…
Seaside Aquarium Recovers Live Snake Eel, Rarely Seen in Oregon on Sunday, March 6th, 2022 from Rockaway Beach, Oregon
it was a busy weekend for Seaside Aquarium with a successful “Treasure the Beach” cleanup on Saturday, a beaver rescue and then a rare snake eel in Rockaway! Israel Knight was vacationing…