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Maui Living
10 Ways to Live Ocean Aloha this Holiday Season
The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but they can produce a lot of waste. According to Stanford University, Americans generate a whopping 25% more trash from Thanksgiving to New Yea...
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Maui Living
Adopt The Locavore Diet, Support Sustainability
ADOPT THE LOCAVORE DIET, SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY Food brings people together and the meals we cook and share create the foundation for memories that last a lifetime. But the same food that bonds us as ...
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Maui Living
How to Live With Ocean Aloha
HOW TO LIVE WITH OCEAN ALOHA A single question drives Maui Ocean Center’s Ocean Aloha, “go green for blue” initiative: what do we want our oceans to look like for our children, grandchildren, ...
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Maui Living
10 Surprisingly Spooky Sea Creature Facts to Get You Ready for Halloween
Before we get started with these haunting facts, it’s important to know marine animals will generally leave humans alone unless they are provoked and feel a need to defend themselves (which is why i...
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Maui Living
A Glimpse Behind-the-Scenes
As the world panicked about not having enough antibacterial soap and sweat pants became the new work attire as stay-at-home orders went into effect- it might seem like a closed aquarium would be tranq...
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Maui Living
Happy Birthday, Honu!
The MOC ʻohana recently celebrated a very special occasion. Our six Hawaiian green sea turtle ambassadors, Kuʻuipo (Turtle 1), Kilakila (Turtle 2), Nohea (Turtle 3), Hohonu (Turtle 4), Makaʻala (Tu...
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Maui Living
Mission: Shark Rescue!
This past Wednesday, the all-encompassing kuleana, or responsibility, felt by Maui Ocean Center and MOC Marine Institute staff was heroically displayed as they risked life and limb (quite literally) t...
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Maui Living
Against the Current
In central Maui, the winds of Kili‘o‘opu o Waihe‘e quietly sweep through the flora and fauna of the sculpted ridgelines and lush valleys. The storied waters that carve through Waihe‘e Valley a...
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Maui Living
Grey Reef Shark Pups Born at Maui Ocean Center
Exhibit curator, diver, and aquarist, the Maui Ocean Center curatorial team is divided into different roles but collectively serve a single purpose: to be caregivers for the marine life at the Aquariu...
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