Juergen Freund / Green urn sea squirt / tunicate (Didemnum molle) internal detail. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Small, tree-covered islet. This is a karst limestone formation with layers eaten away by water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / West Papuan fishermen in their outrigger boat. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Tunicates / Ascidians / Sea squirts (Atriolum robustum) on a fan coral branch. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Clark's anemonefish / Yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii) prreing out from anemone tentacles. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent corals, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) tending its eggs. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Coral trout / Leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) mating behaviour. Males approach the females and display with their bodies and fins. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) juvenile swimming towards the camera. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) at surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / West Papuan house on stilts in coral reef shallows. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Alex Mustard / Denise's Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) on a coral seafan. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, November.

Alex Mustard / A shoal of Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) below a black coral bush (Antipathes sp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, November.

Alex Mustard / Two Denise's Pygmy Seahorses (Hippocampus denise) on a seafan (Muricella sp.). Digital composite. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, November.

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby swimming in the sea near the beach. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby speeding towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Portrait of newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby hatchlings coming out of their nest. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female laying her clutch of eggs. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) with West Papuan boy in the water. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Member of West Papuan dive boat crew free-swimming underwater. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with boat shilouetted against the sunset in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver looking up at it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Variegated / Common lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) portrait. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Silhouette of an outrigger dugout canoe seen from underwater. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of a shallow coral reef and mangroves with local West Papuan man in a dugout canoe. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by dense shoal of glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Young West Papuan kids fishing from the their village jetty. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of old coral reef destroyed by dynamite fishing. New corals are not able to colonise the rubble. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) tending its eggs. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia0

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle eggs weighed and measured before relocation-burying to hatchery by State Universiti of Papua (UNIPA) students and WWF staff Daro Tadu. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West P...

Juergen Freund / School of Bigeye jacks / trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Colorful coral reef with soft corals (Alcyonacea) and fan corals (Gorgonacea). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent coral viewed under normal light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, sequence 1/2

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent coral viewed under UV light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, sequence 2/2

Juergen Freund / Old coral reef destroyed by dynamite fishing. New corals are not able to colonise the rubble. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / School of Bigeye jacks / trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) and Yellow line / Yellowstripe scads (Selaroides leptolepis). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) decorated with various types of trash and some flowers. West Papua, Indonesia, Dec 2008

Barrie Britton / Decorated bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata). Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Picture taken during filming for the BBC "Life" TV Series, September 2008

Barrie Britton / Male Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) inspects the decorations outside his bower. Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Life" TV Series, September 20...

Barrie Britton / Male Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) outside his decorated bower. Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Life" TV Series, September 2008

Tim Laman / Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay. Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Dog walking along bridge walkway, and homes in Waifoy Village, Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Lionfish (Pterois) hovering in a Sea Fan in a view looking toward the surface of the water. Misool Island vicinity. Near smaller island of Fiabacet. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflaged in a Sea Fan. Orange colour form. Vicinity of Gam Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, May 2007

Tim Laman / Grouper holding pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Tim Laman / Large school of Trevally (Caranx) shelter beneath the jetty at Arborek Village. Many village docks in this area act as shelter for these fish, which provide a handy source of protein for villagers in...

Tim Laman / A child taking a bath in a large bucket. Waifoy Village, Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflaging itself in a Sea Fan. Yellow colour form. Pisang Islands, West of Fak Fak Peninsula. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / View of beach, and man fishing from a dugout canoe, at Yenbeser Village. Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's. Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. May 2007

Tim Laman / Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Serkasi, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Yali hunter in traditional dress, with nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, and rooster feather head-dress. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of a Dani woman with painted face, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Lani hunters with painted faces, head-dressed, nose adornment and penis case / gourd, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man, with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Georgette Douwma / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) amongst tentacles of a blue variety of anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingrid Visser / Coral reefs and islands, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Traditional outrigger canoe of a Papuan fisherman viewed from underwater, Papua New Guinea

Eric Baccega / Traditional Korowai house in a tree 35 meters up, Western Papuasia, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

John Downer / Huli wigman with Cassowary chick, Papua New Guinea 1992

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Huli man at sing-sing nr. Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. Traditional dress. 1990.

John Downer / Aerial view of 'Swidden' agriculture, clearing in rainforest. Papua New Guinea 1992

RICHARD KIRBY / Wilson's Bird of Paradise male displays to females on twig above. Irian Jaya, Western New Guinea (West Papua).

RICHARD KIRBY / Wilson's Bird of Paradise male displaying to females on twig above. Irian Jaya, Western New Guinea (West Papua).

Michael Pitts / Shoal of Bigeye jacks (trevallies) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

RICHARD KIRBY / Vogelkop gardener bowerbird male tending bower to attract mate Irian Jaya / West Papua, Western New Guinea

RICHARD KIRBY / Bower of the Vogelkop gardener bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) built by the male to attract a female, Irian Jaya / West Papua, Western New Guinea

RICHARD KIRBY / Vogelkop gardener bowerbird male tending bower to attract mate Irian Jaya / West Papua, Western New Guinea

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Chromodoris reticulata) Batanta Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. It was discovered in 2013 that this species has a 'disposable penis', which is shed after mating and regrows in 2...

Alex Mustard / A Knobby leather coral (Sinularia) spawning at night, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Arafura Sea, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Featherstar on gorgonian. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Striped triplefin (Helcogramma striata) lying on Sea squirts (Atriolum robustum) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Orangestriped triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) swimming past coral wall covered in invertebrates, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Bigeye scad (Selarcrumenophthalmus) school with jetty in background, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Leech on skin in rainforest, West Papua, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female digging nest at night, West Papua, Indonesia

Philippe Clement / Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) in aquarium, endemic to the Ayamaru River in West Papua, Captive

Tim Laman / Dense ferns fill a gully in the montane forest at 1800 m in the Foja Mountains. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expedition)