Marine Facts

The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.

Green turtles can migrate more than 1,400 miles to lay their eggs.

Horseshoe crabs have existed in essentially the same form for the past 135 million years.

The blue whale is the largest known animal ever to have lived on sea or land

MARINE FACTS

Green turtles can migrate more than 1,400 miles to lay their eggs.

The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.

Green turtles can migrate more than 1,400 miles to lay their eggs.

The oceans may make up 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but we know very little about them, especially compared to our knowledge of the Earth’s land spaces — or even those of Mars and Venus. Consider this: We made it all the way to the moon a full four years before we saw the largest mountain range on Earth, lying below the oceans' surface.

The blue whale is the largest known animal ever to have lived on sea or land

Green turtles can migrate more than 1,400 miles to lay their eggs.