Virginia Beach is basically a beach community and resort area with many hotels on the beach with a nice boardwalk fronting them and beach side homes. Oceana Naval Air Station is located here. The Sandler Center for the performing Arts is the scene of many concerts, dance performances, comedy acts and musical and dramatic performances. The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science center has on display such aquatic creatures as Harbor seals, Loggerhead turtles, Spotted Eagle and Cownose rays, North American River otters and Sand Tiger sharks as well as the Great Horned owl and Komodo Dragons. There are also several exhibits such as the Malaysian Peat swamp and the Coastal Desert and Mediterranean sea.