Alex Mustard / Split level image of Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) flourishing in shallow water close to uninhabited coral islands. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Alex Mustard / Commensal emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) moves across the colourful red patterned surface of its host Candycane sea cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesi...

Alex Mustard / Three Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) living in a purple skirted magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef, below a small island. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indones...

Alex Mustard / Coral (Lobophytum sp.) on a reef flat, with Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in background. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) unusually feeding on hard coral polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims through schools of fish. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) descending after breathing at the surface. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Chien Lee / Minden / Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male at lek, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Waigeo Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis), Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia

Bert Willaert / School of Longfin spadefish (Platax teira), Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Chien Lee / Spike-browed Frog (Sphenophryne cornuta) father transporting froglets, Digul River, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Spike-browed Frog (Sphenophryne cornuta) father transporting froglets, Digul River, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Arfak Ringtail (Pseudochirulus schlegeli), Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various types of leafs, beetle wing covers, black and brown fungi, red flowers and blue berries, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesi...

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) front entrance of bower decorated with red fruit and acorns, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) constructing bower roof. Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Western clownfish (Amphiprion oceallaris) in a Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica). Yillet Kecil, MIsool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea

Alex Mustard / Red and black anemonefish (Amphiprion melanopus) in a Bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Kri Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, South East Asia. Dampier Strait, Tropical West P...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Aw...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with scuba diver, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) front view portrait, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) close up of spotted skin, with Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and scuba divers seen from below, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and scuba divers seen from below, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral (Gorgonaceae) in the shallow mangroves, split level. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) split level view, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) school, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Severn's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus severnsi) at Mioskon Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Nembrotha cristata) climbing on a Tunicate (Polycarpa aurata) at night. This species of seaslug feeds on seasquirts. A tiny cyclopoid copepod swimming past. Yillet Yecil, Yillet Islands, M...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Bigfin squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovering in open water above a coral reef at night. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) male swimming in open water above a coral reef. Tank Rock, Fiabacet, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Large whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) with a parasitic copepod (with two trailing egg ribbons) perched on Red whip coral. Whale Rock. Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram S...

Alex Mustard / Tasseled wobbegong shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) yawning. Citrus Ridge, Yanggefo Island, Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Colourful reef scene with Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), map puffer (Arothron mappa) and Panda butterflyfish (Chaetodon adiergastos). Tank Reef, Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia...

Juergen Freund / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) blurred motion photograph, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings running to the sea from nest. Jamursbamedi, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Eyes of Margined sole fish (Brachirus heterolapis) on its camouflaged body. Saonek Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. Dampier Strait.

Konrad Wothe / Gliding seed of Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) in tropical rainforest, West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia, digital composite

Tim Laman / Logging road and forest destruction in pristine area of Waigeo Island, West Papua, New Guinea

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Local man looking down at shoal of Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) Waigeo island, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Ornate ghostpipefish, (Solenostomus paradoxus) Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Pygmy seahorse, not currently described hiding in sea fan, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Two women snorkeling in front of the cave, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) Kot malan kary, Blue water mangrove, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Juergen Freund / Coral reef split level with mangroves with snorkeller, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2012 Model released.

Juergen Freund / Coral reef split level with mangroves. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2012

Juergen Freund / Raja Ampat pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus sp.) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Big fin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) descends from open water to the reef at night. Arafur Sea, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Bigeye Scad (Selarcrumenophthalmus). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). The tentacles are usually a dull brown, but this anemone is partially bleached and has lost most of the endosymbiotic zooxanthellae. Raja Ampat, West Papua,...

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line / Yellowstripe scads (Selaroides leptolepis) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Young West Papuan boys carrying a catch of fresh fish to the kitchen. Batu Rumah, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Schumann Island in Kimbe Bay. West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, October 2008.

Juergen Freund / Crinoids or featherstars covering a coral bommie with dive boat looming overhead, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Two Twinspot / Crabeye gobies (Signigobius biocellatus) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Tiny reef crab on soft coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) tending eggs laid on a whip coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Golden sea squirt (Polycarpa aurata) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) at reef, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) swimming past coral reef, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Teira batfish / Longfin spadefish (Platax teira) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Split level of solar powered gauge measuring sea temperature, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) amongst tentacles of anemone on reef, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Bivalve mollusc lives in crevices in colonies of living hard corals. Only the the shell opening and mantle are visible, along with the minute eyes along its margin, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Featherstars / crinoids attached to Gorgonian coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral with Featherstar / crinoid attached, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) with a Triplefin blenny resting on it, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Detail of Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) with crinoid / featherstar attached, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Hard corals showing bleaching caused by heat stress, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Juergen Freund / Healthy coral reef in the shallows, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral with crinoids / featherstars, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Mahonia Na Dari (Guardian of the Sea) Teacher Lorna Romaso leads a group of 16 students to snorkel and learn about the reef. West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Juergen Freund / Giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) studded with crinoids / featherstars with diver in the background, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Details of Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) with crinoids / featherstars attached, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Mahonia Na Dari (Guardian of the Sea) teacher Lorna Romaso leads a group of 16 students to snorkel and learn about the reef. West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Juergen Freund / Mahonia Na Dari (Guardian of the Sea) Teacher Lorna Romaso leads a group of 16 students to snorkel and learn about the reef. West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010

Juergen Freund / View of sea surface through a Whip coral forest (Junceella sp) Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Detail eye and skin of a Pufferfish, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Details of mouth of an anemone, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Snowflake moray eel (Echidna nebulosa) hunting over sea rubble, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Nudibranch (Jorunna funebris) feeding on its preferred sponge, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) with Teira batfish (Platax teira) in background, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) hiding amongst the tentacles of its closed anemone host, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.