Doug Perrine / Pacific leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) a critically endangered species, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Juergen Freund / Slow motion aerial shot of a Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) blowing / breathing at the surface before diving, Banda Sea, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) in river with villagers washing clothes in background. Ambon, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.

Peter Scoones / Yellow / Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) hunting together with Bluefin Jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits {Laticauda semifasciata} over coral reef, Gunung Api, Banda sea, In...

Georgette Douwma / Sea squirts {Polycarpa aurata + Rhopalaea sp} and soft coral, Banda, Moluccas, Indonesia, Indo

Georgette Douwma / Sea krait {Laticauda sp} on coral reef with Sea squirts Banda, Moluccas, Indonesia {Polycarpa aurata} {Rhopalaea sp}

Doug Perrine / Bait ball of schooling Anchovies (Encrasicholina punctifer) with sparkling scales from dead fish drifting downward through the water; Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, So...

Doug Perrine / Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) over seamount, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) and scuba diver on seamount, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) on seamount, Kei Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Reticulate whipray / Honeycomb stingray, (Himantura uarnak) feeding on bottom on seamount in Kei (or Kai) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Traditional subsistence hunters struggle to subdue a harpooned Pacific leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) a Critically Endangered species, Kei (or Kai) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia...