Birch Aquarium

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will replace its Hall of Fishes with a new exhibition allowing guests to “journey through the Pacific Ocean,” it was announced Wednesday.

Four of the chicks are male, while the aquarium still needs to confirm the sex of the youngest one.

A Little Blue Penguin has hatched at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego for the first time, it was announced Thursday.

The Birch Aquarium was able to successfully spawn three critically endangered sunflower sea stars, a milestone achievement in the recovery of the invertebrates.

Three sunflower sea stars were spawned at the Birch Aquarium. The creatures are critically endangered and considered functionally extinct in California.

The Birch Aquarium welcomed some new guests this week — ravioli-sized newborn Big Skates, who will live in the nursery habitat in the Hall of Fishes.