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Changing Seas
Cryptic Critters
Season 10
Episode 1002
Deep underwater, on a shipwreck near Key West, lives a tiny potential new threat. Being in the right place at the right time, one expert spotted it and immediately knew that it didn’t belong. Researchers want to know where this new species came from, and whether its sudden appearance spells disaster for the delicate coral reef ecosystem in the Florida Keys.
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