Floris van Breugel / Staghorn corals (Acropora) on the coast of tropical island Ofu, one of the Manu'a islands, American Samoa. 2012.
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Floris van Breugel / Turquoise waters of the lagoon along Ofu's National Park beach, American Samoa. January 2012.
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Floris van Breugel / Sprouting Coconut palm on stony beach on the south shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. January 2012.
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Juergen Freund / Anthea Melsen smiles shyly as she comes out of the water after looking at her grandfather's coral and clam gardens, Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010
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Juergen Freund / Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until they grow into a new colony, Onma Lodge, Kol...
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Juergen Freund / Erik Koti holds some of his coral pieces. Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until it...
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} massed at surface, Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Diver amongst Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Chris Newbert / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) in a Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Chris Newbert / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) pair in Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) host, Solomon Islands
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
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Michael Pitts / Mass of Mastigias jellyfish at surface Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) group lying on beach, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) swimming, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Western Pacific Harbour Seal / Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) hauled out on rocks, Commander Islands, The Far East, Russia.
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Kirkendall-Spring / Western gulls (Larus occidentalis) nesting along the trail across East Anacapa Island with with East Anacapa Island lighthouse in background, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, April 2011...
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Kirkendall-Spring / Western seagull (Larus occidentalis) nesting among invasive Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum sp) and Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) with East Anacapa Island lighthouse in background, Channel Islands National Park...
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Kirkendall-Spring / Western seagull (Larus occidentalis) among invasive Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum sp) with East Anacapa Island Lighthouse beyond, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, April 2011.
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Kirkendall-Spring / East Anacapa Island lighthouse with Western seagulls (Larus occidentalis) in foreground, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, April 2011.
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Kirkendall-Spring / East Anacapa Island lighthouse with Western seagulls (Larus occidentalis) in foreground, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, April 2011.
Juergen Freund / A traditional sailing canoe of M'Buke Islanders, part of the community canoe making project of WWF Western Melanesia. This big outrigger canoe can easily sleep 20 people. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea...
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Juergen Freund / A traditional sailing canoe of M'Buke Islanders, part of the community canoe making project of WWF Western Melanesia. This big outrigger canoe can easily sleep 20 people. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea...
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Juergen Freund / Fish laid out at street market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) in a burrow in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTI...
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Juergen Freund / Erik Koti dives underwater to clean his farmed Giant clams (Tridacna maxima and Tridacna derasa) Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010. Adult clams, often collected fr...
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Juergen Freund / Research workers gathering data on Turtles, Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010. Turtles caught at sea are brought back to the beach, measured, tagged and released...
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Juergen Freund / Vegetables for sale at street market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Rinda Melsen cooks crispy sweet potatoes and yam cooked with hot stones from a traditional motu stone oven. Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Fish for sale in street market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Betel nuts for sale in street market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Rinda Melsen cooks crispy sweet potatoes and yam cooked with hot stones in a traditional motu stone oven. Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Three young Melanesian girls looking out from their kitchen window, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Measuring a Coconut crab (Birgus latro) as part of the monitoring programme in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 .
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Juergen Freund / Tetepare women monitor seagrass growth as part of the conservation programme of the Tetepare Descendants Association, Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010
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Juergen Freund / Tetepare rangers about to jump on a Green turtle to tag and then release it, Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPE...
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Juergen Freund / Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until they grow into a new colony, Onma Lodge, Kol...
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Juergen Freund / Banana fruits for sale at public market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Tetepare Island (largest uninhabitated island in the South Pacific), Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTIL 1ST...
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Juergen Freund / Plant nursery of Kolombangara Forest Products Limited, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.
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Brent Stephenson / White / Fairy Tern (Gygis alba) incubating an egg on a branch nest. The egg is just visible. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
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Brent Stephenson / Portrait of a Juvenile Red-footed Booby (Sula sula). Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
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Brent Stephenson / Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) perched on rocks on the shoreline. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) in flight seen in profile. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
Brent Stephenson / Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight, seen from below. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
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Brent Stephenson / Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight from side on showing upperwing. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.
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Toby Roxburgh / Beach in Pago Pago harbour, with Rainmaker Mountain lit by evening sun, American Samoa, Samoan Islands, August 2008.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Starfish (Fromia sp) Solomon Islands, Western Pacific.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Starfish (Fromia nodosa) Solomon Islands, Western Pacific.
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Francis Abbott / The beach at Ngemelis island, on the outer fringing reefs of Palau's Rock Islands area, The Republic of Palau, Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean.
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Francis Abbott / The beach at Ngemelis island, on the outer fringing reefs of Palau's Rock Islands area, The Republic of Palau, Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean.
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Francis Abbott / The beach at Ngemelis island, on the outer fringing reefs of Palau's Rock Islands area, The Republic of Palau, Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Mass of Mastigias jellyfish with diver {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias papua jellyfish {Mastigias papua} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Michael Pitts / Mass of Mastigias jellyfish {Mastigias sp.} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
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Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
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Chris Newbert / Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) host with Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) trio, 10 feet deep on coral reef, Solomon Islands
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Patricio Robles Gil / Waterfall in tropical rainforest, Samoa Island, SW Pacific
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Michael Pitts / Mastigias papua jellyfish {Mastigias papua} Palau, Western Pacific Islands
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Miles Barton / Brown tree snake {Boiga irregularis}, example of bioinvasion and responsible for bird extinctions on US Territory of Guam, Western Pacific Ocean
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Doug Perrine / Aerial view of Rock Islands, Palau, Western Caroline Is, Micronesia, West Pacific
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Doug Perrine / Aerial view of Rock Island, Palau, Western Caroline Is, Micronesia, West Pacific