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.

Claudio Contreras / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding view of tail, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, August. Vulnerable species.

Claudio Contreras / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) backlit, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, August. Vulnerable species.

Franco Banfi / Snorkelers swimming with Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

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.

Alex Mustard / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) young caught in a fishtrap. North Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) swimming and filtering fish eggs from the water. A behaviour known as ram-feeding. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called ?Bagan?, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks...

Pascal Kobeh / Zebra / Leopard shark (Stegostoma varium) swimming away from the bottom, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Zebra / Leopard shark (Stegostoma varium) swimming away from the bottom, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

David Hall / Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) juvenile on sea floor. Pantar Island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.