Our oceans and shorelines are home to a huge number of wildlife species, each one a vital part of the marine ecosystem. 

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We’re working to educate communities and help people understand and respect the importance of our oceans and our coastal environments and all the plants and creatures that live in them.

Learn about our oceans

Discover the wonderful sea creatures that inhabit the worlds oceans, beaches and coastal environments. 

Know the name of the creatures you are looking for?

Oceans Alive Conservation Trust can provide you with a guides to the fauna and flora found around the worlds coastlines.

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While the majority of species are marine wildlife, some species are included that are regularly encountered on land by the coast, so you’ll find descriptions of non-marine species such as reptiles, amphibians, insects, plants and land animals as well.

Share your wildlife sightings

We want to hear about the wildlife you spot at the coast and in the ocean, especially whales, dolphins, whale sharks, sharks, marine turtles and jellyfish.

Your sightings provide vital information for our scientists and help us come up with solutions to protect our precious ocean wildlife.

Please follow these options to report your sightings, or to send us pictures or video footage which we may publish. 

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For us to record a sighting you need to be a Oceans Alive member as this helps us to ensure the validity of the data.

If you are not a member, or a volunteer already, it’s very easy to become one, please join us at...

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