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The Touch the Bay exhibit invites hands-on encounters with sea stars and anemones, while the River Otter habitat showcases playful North American river otters.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.
—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
After the multi-year marine heatwave hit the North Pacific in late 2013, warmer ocean temperatures that followed not only stressed kelp but also worsened the spread of sea star wasting disease that wiped out sunflower sea stars — one of the purple urchin’s main predators.
—Chaewon Chung
december 11, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Nearby, a father pointed out a bright orange sea star to a fascinated youngster, and the waving tentacles of a sea anemone swayed with gentle currents of water moving through the tide pool.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.
—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
After the multi-year marine heatwave hit the North Pacific in late 2013, warmer ocean temperatures that followed not only stressed kelp but also worsened the spread of sea star wasting disease that wiped out sunflower sea stars — one of the purple urchin’s main predators.
—Chaewon Chung
december 11, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Nearby, a father pointed out a bright orange sea star to a fascinated youngster, and the waving tentacles of a sea anemone swayed with gentle currents of water moving through the tide pool.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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