![home](template_graphics/nav/b1.jpg) ![about your sanctuary](template_graphics/nav/b2.jpg) ![visiting your sanctuary](template_graphics/nav/b3.jpg) ![education](template_graphics/nav/b4.jpg) ![science](template_graphics/nav/b5.jpg) ![management](template_graphics/nav/b6.jpg) ![news and events](template_graphics/nav/b7.jpg) ![protecting resources](template_graphics/nav/b8.jpg) ![image library](template_graphics/nav/b9.jpg) ![document library](template_graphics/nav/b10.jpg) ![opportunities volunteers](template_graphics/nav/b11.jpg) ![advisory council](template_graphics/nav/b12.jpg) ![partners](template_graphics/nav/b13.jpg) ![NOAA logo - a circle with a stylized seabird in flight; background is dark blue above the bird and light blue below the bird.](template_graphics/nav/noaa_side.jpg) |
![Christmas tree worms attached to coral colony. The two feather-like appendages (radioles) on each worm resemble Christmas trees as they protrude from their protective tube.](template_graphics/front_page.gif) |
![](template_graphics/welcome_subheader.gif)
Picture
yourself over 100 miles from land, in
the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. At
times, the seas can be very unforgiving,
and the weather can turn foul in an
instant. But here, in the midst of this
unpredictable Gulf, lie three of the
most beautiful and wild places in all
the world. Manta rays, whale sharks,
coral heads bigger than cars, hundreds
of species of fish and invertebrates...
This place teems with life! |
|
Online Manta Catalog
Since 1982 FGBNMS staff have been collecting photos of manta rays in the sanctuary in an effort to try and get a handle on the overall manta ray population. These images are now available online to help divers help us continue to add to this catalog and our understanding of these magnificent animals.
Learn more...
|
NEW Stetson Monitoring Activity![A research photo of coral, sponges, and algae on the reef in 2004.](image_library/images_science_activities/monitoring/pin26/pin26june2004sm.jpg)
The newly posted Stetson Monitoring Activity allows teachers to get students involved in evaluating changes over time at Stetson Bank. A series of actual research photos make this a real-life experience.
Download the activity
View and download the monitoring photos
Be sure to check out all of the other educational activities available for download, too!
|
|
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
4700 Avenue U, Building 216
Galveston, TX 77551
p) 409-621-5151
f) 409-621-1316
flowergarden@noaa.gov
![](template_graphics/bar.gif)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115090230im_/http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/template_graphics/bar.gif)
|
|
![French angelfish in foreground; large boulder corals in background. French angelfish is dinner plate size oval shaped, blue body with body scales bright yellow on their edges.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115090230im_/http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/template_graphics/side/ind_side.gif) |
|
|
|