Claudio Contreras / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest and desert, Balandra Reserve near La Paz, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico, February

Claudio Contreras / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) at low tide, Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) seedling, Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) flower, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, February

Claudio Contreras / Crazy Yellow Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) in Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) flower, invasive ant species, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, February

Staffan Widstrand / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest in Batenta Island, Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea.

Staffan Widstrand / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) seed, Batenta, Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Shoaling cenote mollies (Heterandria bimaculata) shelter amongst Mangrove roots (Rhizophora mangle). Casa Cenote; Tulum, Yucatan, Mexico.

Alex Mustard / Mayan cichlids (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) shelter amongst Mangrove roots (Rhizophora mangle) in a coastal cenote that mixes fresh and salt water. Casa Cenote, Tulum, Yucatan, Mexico.

Ingo Arndt / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, January.

Nick Hawkins / Red mangrove tree (Rhizophora mangle) on coast, Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, April.