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		Critter Cards and Games Collect marine mammal critter cards to color, play games with, or use to create your own field guide.


		Coloring Pages Print personalized pages of your favorite Monterey Bay animals, such as sea otters, an octopus or a wolf-eel.


		Life in the Deep Interactive Take a trip into the deep sea of Monterey Bay and explore three distinctive habitats—canyon walls, midwater and seafloor.


		Deep Sea Memory Game Challenge your friends to our online deep sea matching game—lowest score wins.


		Dive into the Deep Create an undersea scene and discover what a submersible sees as it dives deep in Monterey Canyon.


	You'll find more fun things to do in our Activities & Games section.


		Monterey Bay Spotting Guide See what animals you can spot on our live web cam or on Monterey Bay next time you visit.


		Marine Mammals Monterey Bay is full of marine mammals—find out more about them.


		Frequently Asked Questions Got a question about whales or dolphins? Check here first.


		Cool Facts Which whale is as big as a school bus? Find out!


		Dictionary Need help with a scientific term? Use our handy dictionary.

Life On the Bay Resources

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Ocean Explorers Activities: Busy Otters and Otters' Favorite Foods

These activity sets are a fun way to enrich and extend your visit to the aquarium. In Busy Otters, kids learn about sea otters, what they do all day and how they stay warm. Otters' Favorite Foods focuses on what sea otters like to eat, their habitat and food webs.

Sea Searchers Handbook (PDF Format)

Download the entire handbook or individual chapters about each Monterey Bay habitat, along with the animals that live in them and fun activities to do as a family or in the classroom.

You'll find more educational resources in our Classroom Learning and Resources section.

American Cetacean Society

The American Cetacean Society provides a full complement of educational resources and teaching curricula as well as conservation issues and reports regarding most marine mammals.

eNature

Owned by the National Wildlife Federation, eNature.com provides field guides to marine mammals throughout the world.

Marine Mammal Center

The Marine Mammal Center rescues, rehabilitates and then releases injured marine mammals. Their site includes research and other information about sea otters as well as profiles of marine mammals they've rehabilitated.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Official web site of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary complete with scientific characterizations of important bay habitats, overviews of research programs and information for visitors.

National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Located in Seattle, the National Marine Mammal Laboratory provides valuable educational resources, library access and careers in marine science.

Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN)

SIMoN is a long-term program that takes an ecosystem approach to identifying and understanding changes to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Their marine mammals pages include information about the diverse assembly of marine mammals in Monterey Bay and ongoing monitoring projects.

Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP)

A collaboration among the world's scientists, the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics program use satellite tagging technologies to track 22 species of pelagic animals, including elephant seals, California sea lions and whales. TOPP hopes to provide insights on where open ocean species breed and feed.

Celebrating 25 Years of Ocean Conservation