![Humpback Whale](/generated/1920w-16-9/humpback-whale-1680735293.jpg?1680735301)
Animals
The Great Barrier Reef is home to some of the most unique creatures on the planet. These threatened species need your help.
![The oldest known sea turtle fossil is at least 120 million years old, making sea turtles some of the oldest creatures on the planet.](/generated/1920w-16-9/turtle-on-the-reef-sean-scott-tourism-events-queensland-1630972037.jpg?1630972054)
#Reef animals
The Great Barrier Reef is a home to a vast array of iconic and endangered animals. But these marine animals need your help to survive and thrive.
![Manta Ray](/generated/480w-3-2/manta-alfredi-dc3125-1-1562025759.jpg?1629960226)
Manta Ray
With the largest brain to body ratio of any living fish, these gentle giants are under threat.
![Green Turtle](/generated/480w-3-2/turtle-gary-cranitch-queensland-museum-jpg.jpg?1581640120)
Green Turtle
As the only species in the genus Chelonia, the Green Turtle is a rare icon of the Great Barrier Reef.
![Dugong](/generated/480w-3-2/shutterstock-bernd-neeser-dugong-1581637817.jpg?1680140819)
Dugong
Found mostly in Australia, Dugong are more closely related to elephants than to whales and dolphins.
![Whale Shark](/generated/480w-3-2/whale-shark.jpg?1629959524)
Whale Shark
Always spotted but rarely seen, meet the largest fish in the ocean.
![Clownfish](/generated/480w-3-2/iyorimagebank-animalsonthereef-theoceanagency-34-1597018305.jpg?1661133241)
Clownfish
Small and colourful, these famous fishes have one of the most interesting symbiotic relationships.
![Mantis Shrimp](/generated/480w-3-2/mantis-shrimp.jpg?1581640104)
Mantis Shrimp
This deep-sea crustacean packs a powerful punch.
![Humpback Whale](/generated/480w-3-2/humpback-whale-1680735293.jpg?1680738328)
Humpback Whale
These playful leviathans are the musicians of the sea.
![Giant Triton](/generated/480w-3-2/cots-v-snail-aims-christianmiller-seasim-74-1050px-jpg-1-jpg.jpg?1629959524)
Giant Triton
These giant sea snails play a vital role in protecting our Reef.
![Giant Clam](/generated/480w-3-2/giant-clam.jpg?1581640065)
Giant Clam
A mammoth mollusc, but not a man-eating one!
![Image: National Geographic](/generated/480w-3-2/blanket-octopus-female.jpg?1629959524)
Blanket Octopus
With the largest sex size discrepancy in the animal kingdom, a male blanket octopus weighs 40,000 times less than the female.
![Jellyfish](/generated/480w-3-2/jellyfish-facts-great-barrier-reef-foundation-1.jpg?1664253663)
Jellyfish
Despite having no brains, no heart and no blood, jellyfish have survived for more than 500 million years – even predating dinosaurs.
![Seals](/generated/480w-3-2/iyorimagebank-animalsonthereef-theoceanagency-34-1664431693.jpg?1664848879)
Seals
Seals don't drink water, getting all the hydration they need from their diet.
![Sharks](/generated/480w-3-2/tiger-shark-jpg.jpg?1718855584)
Sharks
Sharks are best known as fearsome apex predators, but there's more than meets the eye. With over 500 different species on Earth, their survival secrets are astonishing.
![Turtle on the Reef with Staghorn coral](/generated/1920w-16-9/000202544-entrancereef-6-links-1710131152.jpg?1710131179)
#Help her survive the heat
The Great Barrier Reef is fighting for life and we are fighting for her future.