If you've had a chance to explore our touch tank, you may have noticed a smooth leathery sea star that smells like garlic! Leather stars, also called garlic stars, are common around the docks of Prince Rupert, where they send anemones swimming and host hitchhiking worms.

A painted anemone may look more plant than predator, but these colorful carnivores use a fascinating system to capture prey along the Prince Rupert docks, all without a heart or a brain!

Golden dironas are living proof that you can find otherworldly biodiversity right off our docks! If you ever need inspiration to come out of your shell, turn to these spectacular local nudibranchs that trade their shell early in life for a radiant array of flame-like spikes that ward off predators.