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Ocean Creatures Ancient Sea Creatures Charlotte, The Vermont Whale Finding the bones of a marine whale 150 miles from the ocean, in the fields of rural Vermont, is an intriguing dilemma. The Search for Ancient Sharks Join the expedition to the Falkland Islands to find evidence of sharks that lived before the dinosaurs. Then build your own ancient predator! Tour the Ancient Seas Move your mouse over the illustration and find out about creatures that lived in the oceans during the Devonian period. Creatures All About Lobsters Did you know that lobsters were once "poverty" food? Find out why they turn red when cooked. Dissect a lobster and learn about their parts, from the Gulf of Maine Aquarium. Animals and Exhibits NEW Dive into the world of water without getting wet at the New England Aquarium. Explore vibrant coral reefs, from the Bahamas and the tropical Pacific to temperate Australia. Gallery of Deep Ocean Creatures These are the creepy crawlies and monsters of the deep you've been waiting to see. Starting with the first really deep ocean zone - the Mesopelagic. Jewels of the Sea Watch jelly fish through the jellycam and find out more about these creatures of the deep that have bodies that seem to be made with Jello. Marine Biology Look below the surface and you'll see that there are lots of different kinds of ocean ecosystems - more than on land - all teeming with life. Ocean ecosystems depend on each other for survival. Marine Mammal Trainers Blog NEW Subscribe to this blog to watch videos of the northern fur seals at the New England Aquarium. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Family and Educational Activities and Games Interactive games to help you understand sea life. You may even have kelp in your kitchen cupboard! Find out about sea otters and sharks. Octopus - The Great Mollusk Lots of good information about this large 8-legged creature, photos, and a nice labeled cross-section. Did you know that the octopus is about as intelligent as a housecat? Puffy The Puffer's Book of Fun Fish Facts Marine Trivia, Games, Mazes, Crab and Salmon Quiz,The Quack Heard 'Round the World, What is a Marine Mammal? and How We Age Fish (And Why) Seashells.org This site is devoted to the answering of all your questions you might have about seashells, beachcombing, cleaning seashells, preserving sealife, identifying your seashells, and more. Fun Fun Activities for Kids NEW Ponds Freeze in the Winter - Why Doesn't the Ocean? Counting the Fish in the Sea. Make Your Own Deep-Sea Vent. How Sea-dwelling Animals Stay Warm. Make Your Own Sea Otter. Under the Sea Birthday Party Ideas Prepare to go on a fun journey with these under the sea birthday party ideas. Remember to take lots of pictures! Habitats Exploring a Rock Pool (British Isles) A 'Rockpooler' is a naturalist explorer of the shore. Rockpooling Reports in Glaucus are detailed studies introducing a visitor to various shores around the British Isles. The idea is to give rockpoolers information that may help them when visiting shores of which they are not familiar.  Life on the Rocky Shore We have many fun activites for you to explore on our web site. One of our interactive activities lets you identify the tidepool animals. We have word searches, crossword puzzles, and quizzes about each individual animal. The Tide Pools Tide pools are areas on rocks by the ocean that are filled with seawater. Tide pools can be small, shallow puddles found high up on the shore or huge, deep holes nearer to the sea. Sharks Gavin petting baby shark at aqarium on Santa Barbara pier. Coral Reef Worksheets Just choose the level you'd like to work at, then print out the colorful worksheets about coral reefs from Science Weekly magazine for kids. Web Cams Fisheye View Cam Used by marine biologists to study coral behaviors at Fisheye View labs in Coral Gables, Florida. (This makes a rather pretty screen saver.) Monterey Bay Aquarium Cam Our Monterey Bay cam offers a sneak peak at the view from this California aquarium's oceanview decks. From this vantage point, you can identify a number of the birds and sea mammals that find refuge here. Whales & Dolphins Scott with whale skeleton at Long Marine Lab in Santa Cruz, CA Kids' Fact Sheets We are here to help you learn more about whales and dolphins and the world they live in and have fun too! The Kohola and the Kolea The Whale and Plover, Retold by Allen Tom. A coloring book in English and Hawaiian. The story of Opo In the early summer of 1955, A lone bottle-nose dolphin swam into the Hokianga Harbour in the far North of New Zealand and adopted the people of Opononi as her family. She became a folk hero, and even had songs written about her. Whales Revenge In the game help the Greenpeace ships outsmart the Walers. Help your whale avoid the harpoons. And then sign the petition to end whaling and stop the slaughter. Whale Songs Whales use sound for communication and echolocation. Listen to the whale song. Can you identify the whale making this sound? Whale Times Kids' Page You can study about marine mammals and even submit your report here to be published online.

DVD Rental Ideas Coral Reef Advernture - Can the destruction of these ecosystems be saved in time?   Finding Nemo Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, follows Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), an overprotective clown fish father, as he desperately searches the sea for his missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Learn about Ocean Life From Amazon.com Sea Monkeys Ocean of Light by Educational Insights Not many sea creatures can be kept in a child's room, but this one can! Even if the water should all dry up, sea monkeys can be brought back to life. These are members of the shrimp family.   At the Water's Edge : Fish With Fingers, Whales With Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer, Carl Dennis Buell (Illustrator) Magnificent and bizarre, it is the story of how we got here, what we left behind, and what we brought with us.   Draw 50 Sharks, Whales, and Other Sea Creatures by Lee J. Ames Aspiring artists discover how easy it is to create their own aquatic companions while they absorb fun facts about the sea along the way.