Wild Life Ocean Life

Penguins are flightless birds with streamlined bodies and thick coats, making them perfectly suited for life on the ice. The emperor penguin grows to a height of up to 1.25 m and can weigh as much as ...

Penguins are flightless birds with streamlined bodies and thick coats, making them perfectly suited for life on the ice. The emperor penguin grows to a height of up to 1.25 m and can weigh as much ...

Sawfish get their name from the conspicuous prolongation of their head which, because of their teeth, looks like a saw. They use it to hunt swarms of fish or root out crabs on the sea floor. Recomm...

Although seahorses hardly look like it, they are indeed fish - from the hippocampus family to be exact. Seahorses live in tropical and moderate seas, off the coast of south-east Australia and New Zeal...

The sperm whale has a pale, waxy oil called spermaceti in its head. This allows it to dive up to 3,000 metres deep and remain under water for up to two hours. Age 3+...

There are only a few sharks that are really dangerous to people. These include the tiger shark, the dreaded white shark, and the somewhat lesser known bull shark. Age 3+...

The bowmouth guitarfish is easy to recognise with its white spots and pointed, bony, thorny ridges. Like all guitarfish, it looks like a mixture between a ray and a shark. Age 3+...

Octopuses are very curious, intelligent, and playful sea dwellers. They can open screw caps, play with toys in the current, and always find the exit from labyrinths. Age 3+...

Common seal babies are born in the Arctic pack ice. After birth, the mother immediately begins suckling her offspring with fatty milk, so that it can develop a warm layer of fat. When she returns from...

The blue whale is the largest mammal on the planet. Its tongue alone weighs as much as an elephant, and when it opens its mouth, up to 90 tonnes of water can fit into it. It also has the biggest heart...

The orca is a large, toothed whale that belongs to the dolphin family. Its black and white colouring makes its unmistakable. Animals swimming under it don't recognise it, because the surface of the wa...

Off the north coast of Australia lays the largest coral reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef. It is a fascinating and at the same time sensitive ecosystem. The variety of flora and fauna seems in...

The white shark is the largest predatory fish in the world. No other animal has such a powerful bite as it does. The tiger shark cannot grip as firmly, but eats everything that comes in front of its s...

Laced morays can grow up to three metres in length and thus belong to the largest moray eels in the world. Only giant morays are longer with a length of up to four metres. Laced morays mainly live on ...

The bright orange clownfish likes to hide in colourful anemones, which protect it with their stinging tentacles. The foxface rabbitfish has a striking black and white striped head, which is why it is ...