Sand Dollar
Coins of the seafloor, built to burrow
Animal Habitats
Coastal
Shoreline areas where land meets sea, including dunes and coastal scrub
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Coastal Animals
White Catfish
Fork-tailed forager of tidal waters
Snowflake Eel
Spotted night hunter of the reef cracks
American Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers.
Atlantic Sturgeon
Armored river giant of the Atlantic
Mullet Fish
Coastal recyclers in fast-moving schools
Brook Trout
Vermiculations in the cold current
Darkling Beetle
Masters of the dry and the dark
Horned Beetle
Built for battles, born from decay
Scarab Beetle
Fan antennas, mighty diggers, big jobs
Water Bug
Piercing beaks, aquatic assassins
Click Beetle
Snap. Click. Flip. Survive.
Opah
Warm-bodied hunter of the mid-ocean
Ladyfish
Silver rockets of the surf
Larder Beetle
The bacon-loving beetle of the larder
Pinacate Beetle
Headstand. Stink. Survive.
Water Beetle
Coleoptera's freshwater engineers
Ten-Lined June Beetle
Ten stripes. One big night flier.
Bark Beetle
Under-bark engineers of the forest
Soldier Beetle
Leatherwings on flowers, hunters below
Christmas Beetle
Australia's shimmering summer scarabs
Flea Beetle
Small beetles, big jumps, shot-holes
Blister Beetle
Handle with care: nature's blister chemists
Linnet
Little finch, big spring blush