This coral species spawns from April to August every year. Using its tentacles, mustard hill coral will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. Coral also have a special algae—called ...

Giant red sea cucumbers are able to regenerate all parts of their body. Along the Pacific coast of North America, giant red sea cucumbers can be found in sand, cobble, boulders, bedrock and mud ...

Striped hermit crabs grow to about 1.25 inches (3.1 centimeters) long. Their legs can grow up to three inches (7.6 centimeters) long! These hermit crabs are opportunistic feeders, meaning they eat ...

Male Atlantic stingrays will grow to be around 2-3 feet (0.61-0.91 meters) wide, while females can get as big as 4 feet (1.23 meters) across. These rays weigh around 5 pounds (2.27 kilograms). Finding ...

Nettles that live closer to shore in estuary or bay environments tend to be smaller, growing to be 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, while nettles that live in the open ocean grow to 7 inches (19 ...

Enjoy white sand beaches? Thank a parrotfish! When parrotfish scrape algae off of rocks and coral skeletons, they grind up bits of the reef material, and excrete it as fine, white sand! Parrotfish are ...

Zebra sharks can breathe via buccal pumping. Using muscles to pump water over their gills allows them to breathe while resting on the seafloor instead of continuously swimming. The diet of a zebra ...

Striped burrfish have a beak-like mouth perfect for eating hard-shelled invertebrates such as barnacles, hermit crabs, mussels, oysters and shrimp. They'll occasionally graze on algae. These fish live ...

The lined seahorse can be found in coastal communities of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North and South America. They stay at depths anywhere from 2 - 230 feet (.5 - 70 meters) in ...

Southern stingrays visit "cleaning stations" where bluehead wrasses and Spanish hogfish eat parasites and clean mucus from the ray's body. Females are usually larger than males, and can grow up to 6.5 ...

Sand tiger sharks can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 meters) long, with an average length of 12 feet (3.7 meters). They can weigh up to 600 pounds (272.2 kilograms), but weigh around 240 pounds (108.9 ...

Adoptions make wonderful gifts for loved ones—or for yourself! All adoption proceeds directly benefit Mote and the animals inside it. The hardest part is choosing the animal you wish to adopt. Pick ...