Videos

Brainy and beautiful, the giant Pacific octopus is one of the ocean's coolest creatures and a definite visitor favorite at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. So what...

Urchins love to eat kelp. They trap floating pieces with their sharp spines and hold on tight using hundreds of tiny tube feet. Urchins use their rasping...

Sea stars are sometimes called star fish, but they aren't fish; they're related to sea urchins. These cool creatures come in lots of different colors and...

Our energetic and inquisitive blackfooted penguins are visitor favorites. These birds can’t fly but they’re built to swim and dive, with strong wings,...

The zebra moray eel’s menacing mouth constantly opens and closes. But don’t worry, it’s not threatening to bite—that’s just how it breathes.

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Cuttlefish are chameleons of the deep, able to change the color of their skin when they hunt, mate and hide. These colorful cephalopods can also create skin...

Hermit crabs get lots of useful information through their feelers. They use these tiny appendages to taste the water, find out if there is food nearby and...

Decorator crabs eat algae, sponges and shellfish, grasping them with their sharp claws. These crafty crabs also fasten pieces of seaweed, algae, sponges and...

While many fish fear anemones, the colorful clownfish finds comfort nestled among the poisonous tentacles. This is because the clownfish—sometimes called the...

Corals are animals, not plants. Creatures large and small live in these crowded and colorful underwater cities. Colorful fish dart about, while jawfish go in...