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...

Tim Laman / Orchid flower (Spathoglottis pacifica) Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Endemic

Tim Laman / Epiphytic Orchid (Dendrobium prasinum) flowering in rainforest, Taveuni Island, Fiji.

Tim Laman / Butterfly feeding on rainforest flower, Fiji

Tim Laman / Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius) feeding on Cassava seeds in garden, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Endemic to Fiji.

Tim Laman / Many coloured fruit dove (Ptilinopus peroussi) male in rainforest, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Endemic to Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.

Tim Laman / Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata) feeding on Torch ginger flower, Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Tim Laman / Orange Dove (Ptilinopus victor) in rainforest, Taveuni Island, Fiji. Endemic

Aflo / ic-09002 Hawaiian monk seal swimming underwater {Mirounga angustirostris} Hawaii

Rolf Nussbaumer / Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) feeding on blossom of 'Ohi'a lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) , Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. August 1997

Rolf Nussbaumer / Amakihi (Hemignathus kauaiensis) feeding on flower, Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. August 1997

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Anianiau (Hemignathus parvus) feeding on blossom of 'Ohi'a lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. August 1997

Aflo / Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) lying on beach, Midway Islands, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Hawaiian monk seal on beach {Monachus schauinslandi} Kauai, Hawaii. Endangered

Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seals {Monachus schauinslandi} Midway Is, Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Critically endangered, juvenile female, Mahukona, Kohala, Hawaiian Island, Central Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Critically endangered, juvenile female swims over coral reef at Mahukona, Kohala, Hawaiian Island, Central Pacific Ocean

Loic Poidevin / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Kinabatangan river, Sabah, Borneo

Edwin Giesbers / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming at water surface, split-level, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) walking along seabed, underwater, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Edwin Giesbers / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) close up portrait, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming underwater, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Looking up at a Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming at water surface, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Juvenile Saltwater crocodile {Crocodylus porosus} amongst Mangroves, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming at surface, split-level, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Rod Williams / Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) captive from Central Fiji, endangered species. New species discovered in 2008.

Rod Williams / Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus bulabula / fasciatus). Captive. Endemic to Central Fiji New species.

Patricio Robles Gil / Fiji banded iguana {Brachylophus fasciatus} Fiji Is, endangered

Patricio Robles Gil / Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) on (Heliconia) plant, Fiji Islands, endangered species (iguana)

Patricio Robles Gil / Fiji banded iguana {Brachylophus fasciatus} on {Heliconia} plant, Fiji Is,

Tim Laman / Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on branch in the wild, Yaduataba Island, Fiji, Pacific, Critically Endangered

Tim Laman / Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on branch in the wild, Yaduataba Island, Fiji, Pacific, Critically Endangered

Tim Laman / Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) on branch in the wild, Yaduataba Island, Fiji, Pacific, Critically Endangered

Mark Payne-Gill / Fiji Tree Frog, (Platymantis vitiensis) eggs showing developing frogs inside, laid in leaf of pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius) Fiji.

Mark Payne-Gill / Fiji Tree Frog, Platymantis vitiensis, eggs laid in leaf of pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius) Fiji.

Mark Payne-Gill / Fiji Tree Frog (Platymantis vitiensis) with eggs laid in leaf of pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius) Fiji.

Mark Payne-Gill / Fiji Ground Frogs (Platymantis vitianus) mating pair, Fiji