Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010
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Adam White / Aerial view of island, showing land, sea and reef, Seychelles
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SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Preserved Coelocanth (Latimeria chalumnae) on public display at the Natural History Museum in London, found originally off the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour w...
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Georgette Douwma / Dead surgeonfish being 'cleaned' by a Bleusreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Many fish observed dead or dying on reefs in the Maldives, April 2012. Another episode of dying fish was in 2007....
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming just below surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking down on sea grass, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great frigate birds (Fregata minor) sitting in tree, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) fins at frenzied surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) group swimming in shallow turquoise sea, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reefs sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) dorsal fins visible at sea surface at dusk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) split level view of group hunting at dusk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) jumping to catch dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallows at sunset, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Georgette Douwma / Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), Maldives, Indian Ocean
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Georgette Douwma / Guineafowl puffer fish (Arothron meleagris) also known as the Golden puffer or Spotted puffer because is has three colour phases which differ dramatically. Maldives, Indian Ocean
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David Noton / Dramatic evening sky over Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue. Seychelles. February 2007.
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Doug Perrine / Researcher Guy Stevens photographs belly spot identification pattern of Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Oc...
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) barrel roll filter feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) vortex / cyclone feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October
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Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish that are also feeding on the plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Ind...
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Charlie Summers / Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) hovering in flight. Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, December.
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Georgette Douwma / Bleached coral {Acropora sp} caused by loss of algae with living purple polyps. Maldives.
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Alex Mustard / Group of Manta rays (Manta birostris) feeding together on plankton in a shallow lagoon. Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Large Manta ray (Manta birostris) feeding on plankton in very shallow water, viewed from the surface. Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Mark Carwardine / Pink pigeon (Columba / Nesoenas mayeri) threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Mark Carwardine / Pink pigeon (Columba / Nesoenas mayeri) threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Mark Carwardine / Pink pigeon (Columba / Nesoenas mayeri) threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Mark Carwardine / Mauritius / Mascarene / Echo parakeet (Psittacula eques) flying, threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Mark Carwardine / Mauritius / Mascarene / Echo parakeet (Psittacula eques) threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Mark Carwardine / Pink pigeon (Nesoenas / Columba mayeri) threatened / endangered species, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, wild
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Ingo Arndt / Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes) in defensive posture, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia
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Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair leaping, Honduras
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Peter Scoones / Bleached {Acropora sp} coral caused by loss of algae due to temperature change. Maldives.
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Rod Williams / Sloth bear {Melursus ursinus} female portrait. Captive. Sri Lanka.
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Pete Oxford / Granite outcrop, Source d'argent beach, La Digue, Seychelles. Coastal landscape
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Pete Oxford / Coconut crab (Bigrus latro) on tree trunk, Aldabra, Seychelles.
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Gavin Hellier / Anse Severe Beach and Palm Tree at sunset, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair swimming over coral reef, Honduras
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Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping out of water, Caribbean
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Chris Newbert / Pickhandle Barracuda (Sphyraena jello) school, Solomon Islands
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Norbert Wu / Granite Island and Coconut Palms, unique idyllic islands, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Norbert Wu / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) largest fish in the world to 60 feet, Seychelles
Tui De Roy / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping playfully through calm inter-island seas, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) trio underwater, Roca Redonda, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Mark Jones / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater group, Roca Redonda, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Norbert Wu / One-fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum) light organ under eye used in mating and attracting prey, Grand Comore Island, Indian Ocean
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Norbert Wu / Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) living fossil, ancestor of amphibians and land vertebrates, Comoros Islands
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Juergen Freund / Island aerial view, the Maldives
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Gavin Hellier / Tropical sea and beach, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Francis Abbott / Helengeli Island. North Male Atoll. Maldives
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Toby Sinclair / Coconut palm tree on beach {Cocos nucifera} Lakshadweep, Laccadive islands, Indian ocean
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Doug Perrine / Coral Hind / grouper {Cephalopholis miniata} on coral reef, Maldives, Indian Ocean (Non-ex).
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Adam White / Giant tortoise {Geochelone elephantopus} wave breaking on back, Aldabra, Seychelles
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David Noton / Uninhabitated tropical island. South Male Atoll, Maldives.
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Pete Oxford / Coconut palm trees and granite outcrop. Sourse d'Argent beach, Las Digue, Seychelles.
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Gavin Hellier / Anse Severe Beach and Palm Tree, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Gavin Hellier / Anse Source d'Argent Beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Ben Lascelles / Pink Pigeon (Columba mayeri). Mauritius.
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Ben Lascelles / Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) head portrait. Mauritius.
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Ben Lascelles / Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) head in profile. Mauritius.
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Kevin Schafer / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick begging parent for food, Bird Island, South Georgia Island
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SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Preserved Coelocanth, (Latimeria chalumnae) found off the Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour with mottled white markings, these have been bleached out by the preserving...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Aerial view of sand atolls and corals off the coast of the Island of Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Aerial view of sand atolls and corals off the coast of the Island of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Georgette Douwma / Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) feeding on a dead surgeonfish. Many fish observed dead or dying on reefs in the Maldives, April 2012. Another episode of dying fish occured in 2007. Cau...
Yukihiro Fukuda / Wedgetailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) incubating egg on nest that is underground, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Looking out across shallow sea from deserted beach, Christmas Island, July 2008
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) parent coming into land at nest with waiting chick, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Red tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubicauda) in flight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Red tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubicauda) in flight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) female and chick at nest on top of shrub near beach, chick begging for food, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July