Blacktip Shark
Black-tipped fins, built for speed.
Animal Habitats
Coastal
Shoreline areas where land meets sea, including dunes and coastal scrub
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Coastal Animals
Crocodile Shark
Big eyes, open ocean, tiny lamniform
Bombardier Beetle
Tiny beetle, big chemical comeback
Black Aphids
Tiny bugs, huge plant impact
Sea Trout
One fish, two worlds
Sandworm
Bristle worms: engineers of the seafloor
Antiguan Racer Snake
Antigua's comeback snake
Liopleurodon
Jurassic seas' power-jawed predator
Stromatolite
Rocks built by microbes, for eons
Kamehameha Butterfly
Hawaii's royal forest flyer
Disco Clam
Reef crevice clam with a strobe show
Eelpout
Cold seas, long fins, deep lives
Titanosaur
Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored
Blowfly
Nature's cleanup crew in metallic armor
Ocean Pout
Cold-water bottom dweller with antifreeze
Yellow Bass
Striped schools of the Mississippi
Kingklip
King of the deep Cape shelf
Western Rattlesnake (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)
Heat-sensing hunter of the Northwest
Pygmy Rattlesnake
Tiny rattle, vital predator
Nile Monitor
Tail-powered hunter of Africa's waters
Mourning Gecko
One gecko can start a colony