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Creature Feature

With an estimated 200,000 species identified in the ocean and many more expected to be found, there is no limit to the creatures that may be featured here. Drawing from the stunning footage and images that represent the personal experiences of Ocean Futures Society divers, you can expect a few surprises in this regular feature.

Market Squid
Join the Ocean Futures Team in this short film as they go on a night dive into one of these spawning aggregations to witness firsthand the importance of this ecologically and commercially important species ...
Pygmy Seahorse
Jean-Michel Cousteau and his Ocean Futures Society team were extremely fortunate to get an up-close look at this most unlikely of creatures in the waters of Papua New Guinea. They were awed by the miracle of evolution that creates such miniature masterpieces ...
Coral Spawning
Several nights following the full moon of August every year coral species at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, in the Gulf of Mexico, release their egg and sperm into the dark sea ...
Creatures of the Pacific Northwest
Jean-Michel Cousteau describes a colorful dive off the Pacific Northwest where cold, nutrient rich water helps support a rich ecosystem with an abundance of sealife ...
Caiman
Diving in the Amazon River can be a challenging experience. Dark tannin-stained waters, currents, fallen trees and branches can all provide obstacles and hazards. But the mystery of what the water holds compels the divers to explore ...
Pink River Dolphins

Watch Holly Lohuis venture into the Rio Negro with creatures she had only heard about in Amazonian folklore, pink river dolphins ...

Great White Shark

In the "Ocean Adventures Sharks at Risk" program, Jean-Michel Cousteau dove with a great white shark to help dispel two important myths about sharks. One, sharks are not mindless predators nor sinister man-eaters, and two, the oceans are not full of sharks. Watch this video to hear his message ...

Wolf Eels: Lazy Lovers of the Pacific

Snuggled within the cracks and crevices of the Pacific coasts rocky reefs lies two lovers in hiding ...

Manatees: Graceful Gentle Giants

Jean-Michel’s father, Jacques Cousteau, called them the “forgotten mermaids” when his team aboard Calypso first began filming manatees in the late 1980s ...

The Endangered Monk Seals

Both the Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals are critically endangered species and require continued efforts to help their populations grow ...