Species guides

The residents of the Mediterranean, up close

Long-form guides to the animals that define the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco — written for visitors who want to know more than the label on the tank.

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Size and weight of the Mediterranean’s heavyweight champion: up to 3.7 m, 680 kg, and faster than a motorway car.

Sea turtle gliding through deep blue water

Sea Turtles

How big do loggerhead, green and leatherback turtles get — and why the museum rescues them off the Riviera.

Shark moving through deep blue ocean water

Sharks

From the blacktip reef sharks of the lagoon to the great white: sizes, senses and the truth about danger.

Jellyfish

Ninety-five percent water, no brain, older than the dinosaurs — and the Mediterranean’s famous mauve stinger.