Blue Shark
Built for the blue-water marathon
Conservation Threats
Overfishing
Unsustainable fishing practices depleting marine and freshwater species
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Overfishing Animals
Sand Tiger Shark
Protruding teeth, gentle glide.
Sleeper Shark
Slow swimmers, deep-sea survivors
Bonnethead Shark
Little hammerhead, big bay hunter
Spinner Shark
Spin, surge, strike-coastal hunter
Garden Eel
Burrows, colonies, and current-fed eels
Sixgill shark
Six gills. Deep shadows. Slow lives.
Harp Seal
Born on ice, built for the North
Walking Catfish
Breathes air. Walks away.
Haddock
Thumbprint of the North Atlantic
Rock Crab
California's hard-clawed rock crab
Porbeagle Shark
Cold seas, warm muscles, fast hunter
Megamouth Shark
Big mouth, tiny prey, deep-sea mystery
Great Blue Heron
Stand still. Strike fast. Fly blue.
Mekong Giant Catfish
Giant of the Mekong, fighting to return
Crappie Fish
Slabs in the shadows, springtime stars
Hooded Seal
The seal with a built-in hood.
Sei Whale
The sleek copepod hunter of the open sea
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.
Northern Fur Seal
Bering Sea breeder, ocean wanderer.
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small. Silent. Seriously venomous.
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaii's rare reef-roaming seal
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Antarctic Scale Worm
Armored Antarctic hunter on the seafloor