Sprout is your champion!

Thanks to over 2,000 votes across three days, Sprout soared to the top of our puffling playoff naming bracket. Our aviculturists are already using the winning name to raise Sprout on exhibit. 

You can meet our pufflings, Sprout and Nori, and our entire colony of tufted puffins at our diving birds exhibit in the Open Sea wing! 

Our mission to inspire conservation of the ocean helps us protect irreplaceable species like tufted puffins for future generations. That’s why we hatch adorable chicks like Nori and Sprout at Monterey Bay Aquarium as part of a Species Survival Plan. There’s wonder in all ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.