Wrasse
Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers
Animal Habitats
Coastal
Shoreline areas where land meets sea, including dunes and coastal scrub
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Coastal Animals
Fin Whale
The fast rorqual with a split-color jaw
Collared Peccary
Not a pig-America's javelina
Bandicoot
Digging by night, healing soils by day
Tropicbird
Streamers of the tropical seas
Basking Shark
Big mouth, tiny prey.
Marine Toad
Big toad. Bigger toxins.
Oyster
Reef builders that clean the coast
Horseshoe Crab
Beach Spawners, Blue-Blooded Guardians
Barracuda
Silver speedsters with a bite
Avocet
Curved bill, clean sweep.
Fishing Cat
Spotted swimmer of Asia's wetlands
Crane
Dance, Trumpet, Migrate
Gar
Armored ambushers of the backwaters
Snail
One class, a thousand ways to snail.
Pond Skater
Skating predators of the surface film
Glass Lizard
All the lizard-none of the legs.
Common Buzzard
The countryside's master of thermals
Manta Ray
Wings of the sea, built to filter
Dodo
Mauritius' lost pigeon giant
Javan Rhinoceros
One park. One species. Protect it.
Sparrow
Small birds, big social networks
Sperm Whale
Square head, deep dives, giant squid.
Marsh Frog
The laughing giant of the marsh