Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) aggressive male attacks a five and a half week pup, mother (right) approaches to intervene; Papaloa Beach, Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Pe'epe'e Falls in Wailuku River State Park near Hilo. The Big Island of Hawaii, USA, December 2008

Jack Dykinga / Iao Valley State Park, with flowering Heleconia branches framing the lush valley walls in morning fog, Maui, Hawaii, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Hawaiian Goose / Nene (Branta sandvicensis) head portrait, captive.

Tim Laman / Micronesian kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus pelewensis) formally known as (Halcyon cinnamomina) endemic to Micronesia, Koror, Republic of Palau. December

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) surfacing to breathe, near Vertical Awareness pinnacle, off Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) resting underwater at Lehua Ledges dive site, Lehua Rock, near Niihau, off Kauai, Hawaii

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) resting on beach while shedding skin and fur during annual molt or moult, Black-footed albatrosses, (Phoebastria nigripes) in background, East Island, Fre...

Doug Perrine / Flowering Mauna Loa / Ka'u silversword, (Argyroxiphium kauense) with bee feeding, endemic to the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, U.S.A, Critically enda...

Doug Perrine / Flowering Mauna Loa / Ka'u silversword, (Argyroxiphium kauense) with bee feeding, endemic to the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, U.S.A, Critically enda...

Doug Perrine / Flowering Mauna Loa / Ka'u silversword, (Argyroxiphium kauense) endemic to the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, U.S.A, Critically endangered species.

Doug Perrine / Mauna Loa / Ka'u silverswords (Argyroxiphium kauense) endemic to the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano, with flowering specimen in background, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, U.S.A, Crit...