Zoos and aquariums

Flamingos to descend on Monterey Bay AquariumSan Jose Mercury NewsCheck out a new exhibition featuring vintage gambling devices in Terminal 3 of San Francisco International Airport. ...and more »  

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Dawn is coming soon. The lights are off, the sound system is silent, and the beasts of the Monterey Bay Aquarium have the place mostly to themselves: the otters, the anemones, the octopuses, the great white shark in the big tank, the lame young albatross in its rooftop cage — and Kacey Kurimura, who is at the kitchen sink in her apron and waterproof boots, reaching for a knife.  

MONTEREY Event honors 'Queen of Cannery Row' Aremembrance of Cannery Row legend Kalisa Moore will be held 7p.m. Wednesday at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Known as the "Queen of Cannery Row," Moore died last month at 83 years old.  

Nov. 23: A young female great white shark that swam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has been released after she started hunting in her tank. The shark was used to educate visitors about the species. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.Add this to your queueAdded: Mon Nov 23 16:18:04 UTC 2009Air date: Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 03:18  

The former president of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will be taking over as the new director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Marcia McNutt was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to lead the scientific agency. The 57-year-old McNutt is ta...  

A television commercial created to promote the opening of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Splash Zone exhibits received the top Brass Ring award this week from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA).  

A young female white shark who spent the past two months at the Monterey Bay Aquarium returned to the wild early Wednesday. Her departure marks the fifth time the aquarium has successfully exhibited and released a great white.  

It sounds like a classic horror story—eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such "boneworms" do exist in the deep sea. After planting several dead whales on the seafloor, a team of biologists recently announced that as many as 15 different species of boneworms may live in Monterey Bay alone. Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)  

It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist in the deep sea. They were first discovered in 2002 by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, who were using a robot submarine to explore Monterey Canyon. But that wasn't the end of the story. After "planting" several dead whales on...  

It's not anywhere you'd expect. For the last two years though, we've made a pilgrimage to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, for the annual donor breakfast. They open the aquarium two hours early and you get all the docents and tanks to yourselves, to enjoy with coffee, fruit and a surprisingly good variety of scones and pastries. It's one of my favorite things, and I took some video this morning, so I can enjoy it again and again. Hope you enjoy it...  

The Monterey Bay Aquarium released its fifth captive great white shark Wednesday morning after it sparred with other sharks in the Outer Bay exhibit over Halloween weekend.  

Staff at the Monterey Bay Aquarium released a young great white shark back into the wild early Wednesday morning, sending her into the Pacific Ocean with two tracking tags to communicate her whereabouts.  

The Monterey Bay Aquarium released its fifth captive great white shark Wednesday morning after it sparred with other sharks in the Outer Bay exhibit over Halloween weekend.  

November 18, 2009 -- SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Out of 6,300 suggestions, San Diego Zoo managers have chosen a name for a baby panda born this summer. Zoo officials on...