This year for Mother’s Day, SeaWorld San Diego guests can watch several of our animal moms caring for their young here at the park. One animal in particular is Cascade, a bottlenose dolphin, who is currently caring for her sixth calf that was born in early November.

Spring break is officially over. And you know what that means?

Hi everyone! Christie here from SeaWorld San Diego’s Dolphin Stadium, home of the Blue Horizons show! As many of you may know, Blue Horizons features several different kinds of animals including bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) and a variety of bird species. But what most people what to know is, “What kind whales are in your show?” The answer? Short-finned Pacific pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)!

Hi everyone!

As an instructor for the education department, I happen to have the most fun job in the world! Working at SeaWorld San Diego has provided me with many fun opportunities to share exciting information about animals. I pretty much get paid to talk to people!

On any given day as a Wild Arctic keeper, we have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of species, ranging from our smallest animal, the arctic fox (weighing in at approximately 10 lbs), to coming face to face with the largest animal at Wild Arctic (and second largest at SeaWorld San Diego) Obie, our adult male Pacific walrus, weighing in at a whopping 3,400 lbs! That’s right -- he is a big boy. But in walrus terms, Obie is a medium-sized male walrus, as male walruses can weigh as much as 5,000 lbs. SeaWorld San Diego is also home to adult female walrus named Seahook.

I recently had a baby boy and of course my husband and I had to bring him to SeaWorld San Diego to meet Santa during SeaWorld's Christmas Celebration! Unlike ever other visit I’ve had (and there have been thousands of times that I have walked through this park), this visit made me take a totally different look at the park. The first few questions I had were: Where will I nurse him? Where can I change him? What do I do with the stroller? What if I need to warm a bottle?

That old adage is true – there’s a big difference between night and day! If you’ve visited SeaWorld San Diego recently during the day you know how festive the park looks with hundreds of Christmas trees throughout the park and buildings adorned in garland. What looks nice during the day looks spectacular at night! There are hundreds of lighted globes strung in trees around Shamu Stadium and stunning tree displays around Manta and on the hillside of Blue Horizons stadium. And that’s just the start of how the park is decked out.

I love SeaWorld San Diego’s mission to return rescued and rehabilitated animals to the wild. Looking on as sea turtles, seabirds, sea lions and seals get reacquainted with the ocean is quite a sight.

Last week was the celebration of the top predator of the Arctic -- the polar bear. The first official Polar Bear Week ever was a success!