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 ...

Strawberry false corals have special stinging cells called nematocysts in their tentacles, used to stun and attack their prey in the water column. Strawberry false coral can grow to have a diameter of ...

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have restored more than 216,000 corals to Florida’s Coral Reef—an exciting milestone. Starting in 2020, several of our restored corals spawned, engaging in sexual ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Discover marine life from around the world in our Indo-Pacific Gallery, visit iconic freshwater coastal species in the Florida Waters Gallery and be wowed by large sharks swimming over your head in ...

Several stressors including climate change and infectious diseases have caused significant losses in living coral, particularly in Florida, leading to ecosystems on the brink of functional extinction.

These fish grow up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) in length. Scribbled angelfish have blue bodies with darker wavy lines, yellow snouts and fins, and a large vertical yellow stripe running vertically ...

Adult rock beauties usually form long lasting pairs. The rock beauty is the smallest member of the angelfish found in the Atlantic, reaching a maximum size of 1 foot (0.3 meters) long. Rock beauties ...

These snakes hibernate underground in the wintertime and reemerge in late March/April. Throughout Florida, excluding the very southwestern region of the state, New Jersey, Virginia, North and South ...

These sea stars have a distinctive smell, giving off a garlic or charred gunpowder aroma when exposed to air. In rocky and muddy areas, leather sea stars can be found along the Pacific coast of North ...