Habitat

Coasts & shallow seas

Meet the animals of coasts & shallow seas and read what we know about how they live there.

10 animals16 articles

Articles

Records & rankings

Male Kodiak bears weigh 272–635 kg (600–1,400 lb) and the biggest reach 680 kg (1,500 lb). Females weigh 136–318 kg.…

Conservation & population

Vaquitas drown in gillnets, mostly illegal nets set for totoaba fish. The 2025 survey saw 7 to 10 of them,…

Vaquita8 min read

Comparisons

The great white shark is a species of large mackerel shark that is found in the coastal surface waters of…

Predators & threats

Adult polar bears have almost no predators apart from people and other polar bears. Cubs are sometimes killed by adult…