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 ...

Unlike most other species, female clownfish lay their eggs before the male fertilizes them. Clownfish can grow to be around 4.3 inches long (11 centimeters), with an average weight of 7.06 ounces (200 ...

Blacktop reef sharks grow to a maximum length of 5.2 feet (1.6 meters). In the Indo-Pacific Ocean, these reef sharks inhabit shallow, clear waters near sand flats, coral reefs, mangroves, continental ...

These fish visit different locations at different times of day. At night, they stay near sandy, muddy or gravel bottoms to feed, and during the day they shelter on reefs, in caves, under ledges and ...

According to the fossil record, deep sea isopods were thought to have existed before Pangea disbanded. This means they're over 160 million years old! Deep sea isopods eat animals, both dead and alive, ...

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 ...

Moon jellies can grow up to 16 inches (40 centimeters) in diameter. In the coastal waters of the north Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and Caribbean Sea, moon jellies inhabit estuaries, bays and ...

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 ...

On average, the blue striped grunt grows to 12-14 inches (30.5 - 35.5 cm). Bluestriped grunts are bright yellow with neon blue stripes from head to tail. Their tails and dorsal fins are yellow with ...

Alligators can grow to be 12 feet (3.6 meters) long in length and weight up to 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms). It is typical for males to be slightly bigger in size than female alligators. Alligators ...

This species of grass can reproduce sexually and asexually. Each blade of manatee grass can grow to anywhere between 5-30 centimeters (2-12 inches) in length. Manatee grass grows along the coasts of ...

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.