Ocean Animals

Balaenoptera musculus

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed, filtering enormous quantities of tiny krill from the ocean through baleen plates as it roams every ocean except the Arctic.

Tursiops truncatus

The bottlenose dolphin is one of the most widely-recognized and intelligent marine mammals, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide.

Amphiprion ocellaris

The clownfish is a small, brightly-colored reef fish famous for its symbiotic relationship with sea anemones, whose stinging tentacles it is immune to.

Octopus vulgaris

The common octopus is a remarkably intelligent, boneless marine invertebrate found in coastal waters worldwide, renowned for its problem-solving abilities and rapid camouflage.

Dermochelys coriacea

The leatherback is the largest sea turtle species in the world and the only one without a hard bony shell, ranging farther into cold water than any other reptile.

Aurelia aurita

The moon jellyfish is one of the most common and widely-distributed jellyfish species, drifting through coastal waters worldwide in large seasonal blooms.

Monodon monoceros

The narwhal is an Arctic whale famous for the male's long spiraled tusk, which is actually an enormous protruding canine tooth, earning it the nickname 'unicorn of the sea'.

Ursus maritimus

The polar bear is the largest land carnivore on Earth, superbly adapted to hunting seals across the sea ice of the Arctic Circle.

Enhydra lutris

The sea otter is the heaviest member of the weasel family and one of the few mammals known to use tools, cracking open shellfish with rocks while floating on its back.

Odobenus rosmarus

The walrus is a massive Arctic marine mammal easily identified by its long ivory tusks, thick blubber layer, and distinctive whiskered snout.

Stegostoma tigrinum

The zebra shark is a docile, bottom-dwelling shark of the Indo-Pacific, named for the dark stripes seen in juveniles that fade into a spotted pattern as adults.