Suzi Eszterhas / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) orphaned pup, aged 3 weeks, being weighed by veterinarian, Dr. Carrie Goertz, Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward, Alaska, USA.

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) veterinarian, Carrie Goertz, examining three week old orphaned pup, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / University student Carrie Doyle, planting tree for the Australian Koala Foundation's habitat restoration program, Quinlans Property, Queensland, Australia

Christian Ziegler / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) breeding colony on small mangrove island, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Illegal conch poaching camp with hundreds of shells, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) breeding colony on a small mangrove island, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Cushioned Star (Oreaster reticulatus) in seagrass with schooling fish, Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots providing shelter for school of small fish, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) floating between the aerial roots of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Cushioned Star (Oreaster reticulatus) feeding in sea grass between the roots of Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagule in shallow water, Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) new growth, Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize