Treasures of the Blue

How much does a blue whale weigh? How did the shearwater get its name? Is a strawberry anemone as delicious as it sounds? Just how common are common murres? Take a tour of the Treasures of the Blue to find answers to these questions and more.

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A trout swims above a shipwreck

Lake Trout
Thunder Bay
A seabird soars above the water

Great Shearwater
Stellwagen Bank
An Osprey flying on a cloudy day

Osprey
Mallows Bay
A Shark swims in front of a dicer with fish swarming

Sand Tiger Shark
Monitor
A sea turtle swings between corals

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Gray's Reef
Brown spikey coral

Staghorn Coral
Florida Keys
A Manta Ray seen from bellow

Manta Ray
Flower Garden Banks
Two puffins

Tufted Puffin
Olympic Coast
A bird swims with a fish in its mouth

Common Murre
Greater Farallones
A bright pink anemone

Strawberry Anemone
Cordell Bank
An elephant seal roars into the air

Northern Elephant Seal
Monterey Bay
Aerial shot of two blue whales

Blue Whale
Channel Islands
3 humpback whales swim just below the surface

Humpback Whale
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
A close up of a silver fish

Ulua/Giant Trevally
Papahānaumokuākea
A large head of coral

Massive Porites Coral
American Samoa
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