Tim Fitzharris / Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of adult female Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico (Pacific coast), Endangered species

Floris van Breugel / Staghorn corals (Acropora) on the coast of tropical island Ofu, one of the Manu'a islands, American Samoa. 2012.

Andy Trowbridge / Gibson's Albatross / Toroa (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni) or Kaikoura Coast, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. January.

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Matthew Maran / Waterfall on the the Darling River with a fallen tree as a bridge over the waters. West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Surfer Benj Yougson at Long Beach. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released

Matthew Maran / Driftwood on a beach with the coastline stretching to the horizon. Wickaninnish Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Hikers crossing a thin footbridge over a river. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010, model released

Matthew Maran / Hikers building up a fire in their cliff-overhang cave. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September, Model released

Matthew Maran / A man sitting in the cable car of a chair bridge as it crosses a river. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released

Matthew Maran / A man looking out to sea by coastal rock stacks. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Matthew Maran / Hikers talking as they warm themselves by a campfire on a beach. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Models released.

Matthew Maran / A hiker building a fire at his campsite. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Matthew Maran / Two people pausing on a woodland path. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Baby green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling in the shallows of the beach, swimming out to sea. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, November

Shattil & Rozinski / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) mother and pup off the coast, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean, September

Shattil & Rozinski / Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) surfacing off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, September

Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) pup playing underwater, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) weaner / juvenile head portrait, with head turned to look at camera, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Febr...

Claudio Contreras / Pair of Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) male holding female during copulation, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) passing divers cage, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Pacific ocean, September

Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) pup swimming, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) flying, silhouetted against the sky, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Solvin Zankl / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November.

Solvin Zankl / The community of Ostional on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, runs a project of sustainable use of eggs of the Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). The eggs, a popular snack in Costa Rica,...

Solvin Zankl / Mature female Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) arriving on the beach of Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast, during an arribada / mass nesting event, November

Solvin Zankl / The arrival of many Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at the beach of Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast, at the beginning of an arribada (mass nesting event) November ^^^ Thousands an...

Solvin Zankl / As soon as it entered the water the young Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. The swimming frenzy lasts for approximately 48 hours...

Sue Daly / Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August

Sue Daly / Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August

Michael Durham / Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) near Circle Creek along coast, Oregon

Mark Bowler / Commercial fishing trawler off Paracas peninsula, Peru, 7th August 2007. Fishery off the coast of Peru Produces 10% of the worlds fish and is severly effected by 'El Nino' years which are becoming m...

Mike Potts / New Zealand albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) on water off Kaikoura coast, South Island, New Zealand.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White Tern (Gygis alba) flying over beach, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Leeward Islands, Hawaii

Konrad Wothe / Giant Green Sea Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) group, Goose Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) group and Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington

Igor Shpilenok / Snow-covered Kronotsky volcano connected to the Pacific Coast by the Kronotskaya river, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Kirkendall-Spring / Beach at Mosquito Creek on the Wilderness Coast, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Rocks and tidal pools on Shi Shi Beach, Pacific Coast, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Point of Arches at sunset, Pacific Coast, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunrise at Malibu Pier on the Pacific Coast, California, USA

Doug Perrine / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) Kona Coast, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean

Juergen Freund / Australian sea lion {Neophoca cinerea} portrait underwater, Fisherman's Island, Batavia Coast, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Box jellyfish {Chironex sp.} in mangroves, split level, Australia

Juergen Freund / Garibaldi fish {Hypsypops rubicunda} in kelp forest, California, USA, Pacific coast

Doug Perrine / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} Kona coast, Hawaii

Michael Durham / California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) dragonfly, photographed with a high-speed camera, coastal mountains, Oregon

Michael Durham / Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis) dragonfly male flying, photographed with a high-speed camera system in the coastal mountains of Oregon, near Florence

Michael Durham / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) flock flying over the Oregon coast

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset over Leo Carillo State Beach, Malibu, California

Tim Fitzharris / Incoming waves at Bandon Beach, Oregon

Igor Shpilenok / Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} stretching on volcanic sand, Kamchatka's Pacific coast, Kronotsky Zapovednik Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Sue Flood / Risso's dolphins off California coast (Grampus griseus) Pacific USA

Doug Perrine / Huts amongst palm trees on coast, Tobi Island, Palau, Micronesia

Todd Pusser / Eastern spinner dolphin {Stenella longirostris orientalis} W Mexico, Pacific

Rolf Nussbaumer / Sailing yacht at sunset off coast of Hanalai Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) bull portrait on coastal rocks in haul-out cove, summer, Round Island, Bering Sea, Bristol Bay, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) portrait in Kelp, Pacific coast, North America

Chris Newbert / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Kona, Hawaii

Konrad Wothe / Orca (Orcinus orca) female surfacing and spouting beside conifer-covered coastline, Inside Passage, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female hauling out on beach, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Atacama Desert, weather beaten sea cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Paracas Peninsula, Peru

Juergen Freund / Seastars in tide pool split level {Asteroidea} Canadian pacific coast

Pete Oxford / Steller's sealions diving into sea {Eumetopias jubata} Commander Is, Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} off coast of Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #587 (Non-ex).

Juergen Freund / Green turtle hatchlings heading for the sea {Chelonia mydas} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Gavin Hellier / City skyline along the coast with boats, Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, USA 2011

Aflo / Steller Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) on the coast of Alaska, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Seastacks silhouetted at sunset, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Tim Fitzharris / Seastacks silhouetted at sunset, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Tim Fitzharris / Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Lupine (Lupinus sp) flowers at coast with moon, Westport-Union Landing State Beach, California

Tim Fitzharris / Coastal cliffs, Jughandle State Reserve, California

Tim Fitzharris / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on coastal rock, El Matador Beach, Malibu, California

Tim Fitzharris / Kirk Creek Beach, Big Sur, California

Tim Fitzharris / Coastal rocks, Point Piedras Blancas, California

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees along Refugio State Beach, California

Tim Fitzharris / Gull (Larus sp) flock taking flight, Refugio State Beach, California

Ingo Arndt / Coastal cliffs, Big Sur, California

Mark Carwardine / Temperate rainforest on the coast, Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Carwardine / Temperate rainforest on the coast, Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Carwardine / Coast of Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of adult female Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with research boat (7m long), Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico (Pacific coast), Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico (Pacific coast), Endangered species

Floris van Breugel / A close up of a driftwood log, Rialto Beach, Wilderness coast, Olympic National Park, Washington

Floris van Breugel / Calm seas of the Pacific Ocean at twilight, along the wilderness coast of Shi Shi beach at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, March 2012.

Steven Kazlowski / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) a cow fights off a bull's advances at the end of mating season, Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees, Asan Beach, War in the Pacific National Historic Park, Guam