Mediterranean - An Ocean of Life
Greg Lecoeur
Cradle of civilisations and crossroads of biodiversity, the Mediterranean is a small blue enclave between continents, covering barely 0.8% of the world’s ocean surface, yet it shelters more than 10% of the known marine biodiversity on Earth. A true hotspot, a refuge for heritage species, endemics, and countless threatened animals.
This exhibition reveals the unexpected richness and vibrant life of its ecosystems: dolphins, sperm whales, sea turtles, gorgonians, seagrass meadows… a world both abundant and fragile.
But this living world is under strain. Climate change, pollution, overfishing, maritime traffic… So many pressures weakening this jewel of our shared heritage.
This exhibition invites you to dive into that hidden world. To behold its beauty, to sense its vulnerability, to reconnect with life.
Because to look at the sea is not just to admire the horizon.
It is also to hear its whispers, understand its struggles, and commit, each in our own way, to protect it.
Long-finned pilot whalePOS GL 691 2
Fin whale and striped dolphins POS GL 691 3
Fin whalePOS GL 691 4
Striped dolphin POS GL 691 5
Bottlenose dolphin POS GL 691 6
Risso's dolphinsPOS GL 691 7
Sperm whalePOS GL 691 8
Devil rays POS GL 691 9
Plastic pollutionPOS GL 691 10
Blue Shark POS GL 691 11
Ship strikesPOS GL 691 12
Loggerhead sea turtlePOS GL 691 13
Cormoran POS GL 691 14
Loggerhead hatchlingsPOS GL 691 15
Long-snouted seahorse POS GL 691 16
ResiliencePOS GL 691 17
By-catch POS GL 691 18
Mediterranean monk seal POS GL 691 19
Mediterranean moray POS GL 691 20
Mediterranean red coral POS GL 691 21
Mediterranean reefPOS GL 691 22
Angel shark POS GL 691 23
Sting ray POS GL 691 24
Neptune grassPOS GL 691 25
Pelagia noctilucaPOS GL 691 26