Marine Wildlife
African Penguin Awareness Day 2018
African Penguin Awareness Day – October 13, 2018
– #AfricanPenquinAwarenessDay
– African penguins live in cold currents along the coast of South Africa.
International Whale Shark Day 2018
International Whale Shark Day – August 30, 2018
– #InternationalWhaleSharkDay
World Mangrove Day 2018
World Mangrove Day – July 26, 2018
– #WorldMangroveDay
– A Mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
Coral Reef Awareness Week 2018
Coral Reef Awareness Week – July 17 – 23, 2018
– #CoralReefAwarenessWeek
– A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.
National Dolphin Day 2018
National Dolphin Day – April 14, 2018
– #NationalDolphinDay
– Dolphins can see sound. They use echolocation to see the world around them.
Dolphin Awareness Month 2018
Dolphin Awareness Month – March 2018
– #DolphinAwarenessMonth
– Dolphins are aquatic mammals. There are 40 species.
Manatee Appreciation Day 2018
Manatee Appreciation Day – March 28, 2018
– Manatees inhabit coastal areas & rivers of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Amazon basin, & West Africa.