Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) squirting ink in defense as it jets away, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Birgitte Wilms / Golden Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) school, 20 feet deep, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) female guarding her eggs, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

David Noton / Vertical panoramic of tropical palm tree silhouette, Moorea Tahiti, French Polynesia South Pacific twilight

Mike Parry / Dugong (Dugong dugon), Lamen Bay, Epi Island, Vanuatu

Mike Parry / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming, Tonga

Mike Parry / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Tonga

Birgitte Wilms / Pink Anemone fish (Amphiprion perideraion) in host Magnificent Sea Anemone

Chris Newbert / Freckle Face Blenny (Istiblennius chrysospilos) in burrow, five feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Blackfin Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) in a spiraling school at 70 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Reef scenic at one-hundred-twenty feet, showing Soft Corals, Sea Fans, Crinoids, Leather Corals, Sea Whips and Sponges, Solomon Islands

Birgitte Wilms / Golden Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) group underwater shot from below, group of ten, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Chris Newbert / Right-handed Hermit Crab (Paguritta sp) colony in Hump Coral (Porites sp), Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Yellow-striped Cardinalfish (Apogon cyanosoma) male with eggs in mouth, 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), 70 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) schooling Pygmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) and Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Chris Newbert / Fan Coral (Melithaea sp) group and Feather Star (Oxycomanthus bennetti), Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Hermit Crab (Paguritta gracilipes) in Hump Coral (Porites sp) 30 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Chris Newbert / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Chris Newbert / Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) schooling, 30 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) in Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) the fish will bite the Anemone causing it to ball-up so the fish can lay or tend to their eggs at the foot o...

Chris Newbert / Papuan Jellyfish (Mastigias papua) 20 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Stony Coral (Acropora sp) and baitfish, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Mushroom Coral (Fungia fungites) detail, Palau

Birgitte Wilms / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp) juvenile on Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) Solomon Islands

Norbert Wu / Elephant Ear Sponge (Ianthella basta) with schools of Black-tipped Fusiliers (Pterocaesio digramma) swimming behind, Solomon Islands

Norbert Wu / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots create sediment filter to clear water, young trees rise up from salt water, Palau

Chris Newbert / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) pair in Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) host, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Pickhandle Barracuda (Sphyraena jello) school, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Reef scenic, many species of Soft Coral and Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school, 50 feet deep Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Corallimorpharian (Discosoma sp) mouth, 70 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Elephant Ear Sponge (Ianthella basta) and schooling Barracuda (Sphyraena genie) in background, 110 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Birgitte Wilms / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) in bleached Sea Anemone host, 30 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Feather Star (Colobometra perspinosa) on Sea Fan (Melithaea sp) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) 70 Feet Deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) school, 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena putnamiae) spiraling school, 60 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) in a Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) host, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Feather Duster Worm (Sabellastarte sp) in the shape of a heart, 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) pair bonding, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Norbert Wu / Idyllic beach, palm tree and tropical island, Solomon Islands

Norbert Wu / Granite Island and Coconut Palms, unique idyllic islands, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Norbert Wu / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) largest fish in the world to 60 feet, Seychelles

Norbert Wu / Coral sand beaches with unique granite formations, Seychelles

Norbert Wu / Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) comes up from great depths at night to shallows, Palau

Norbert Wu / Aerial view of the Rock Islands of Palau, the limestone islands have been eroded into mushroom-like formations

Norbert Wu / Coral sand beaches with unique granite formations, Seychelles

Fred Bavendam / Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) feeding on a large baitfish ball, Solomon Islands

Fred Bavendam / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) pair bonding, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female returning to the sea in early morning after nesting, Turtle Bay, Santa Cruz, Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / White Tern (Gygis alba) hovering in search of nest site, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) taking off from beach, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) walking with typical hunched gait, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) incubating single egg, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) swimming in open water, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female hauling out on beach, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Orca (Orcinus orca) male frequenting inshore waters in search of stingrays, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) flaring out its arms as it settles to the ocean bottom after swimming, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) flaring out its arms as it prepares to drop to the ocean bottom after swimming, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Seagrass beds serve as sediment traps and nurseries, Palau

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) using its suction discs to hold two crabs it has caught, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scurrying across the ocean floor as it forages for crabs, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tui De Roy / Golden Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) schooling in Mangrove (Avicennia sp) lagoon, Punta Moreno, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Norbert Wu / Palau's limestone islands have been cut into strange mushroom-shaped formations, Palau

Norbert Wu / Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) living fossil, ancestor of amphibians and land vertebrates, Comoros Islands

Norbert Wu / Blackfinned Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) pair, safe among stinging tentacles host Magnificent Anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Solomon Islands

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) courtship dance, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) courtship dance, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) courtship dance, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf underwater, Tonga

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of outlying islands, Central Province, Solomon islands, Melanesia

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of islands with fringing coral reefs, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean

Michael Pitts / Eastern Island, Midway Islands, Pacific ocean. Showing runways used in World War II.

Constantinos Petrinos / Porcelain crab amongst anemone tentacles, Solomon Islands, Pacific

Doug Perrine / Great blue shark portrait {Prionace glauca} Channel Islands, California, USA (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Great blue shark {Prionace glauca} California Channel Islands, East Pacific Ocean (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Scalloped hammerhead shark portrait {Sphyrna lewini} Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Great blue shark {Prionace glauca} California Channel Islands, East Pacific Ocean (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Shoal of Longfin bannerfish {Heniochus acuminatus} Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean (Non-ex).

Pete Oxford / Galapagos sealion (Zalophua californianus). Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Jeff Rotman / Mushroom coral {Fungia sp.} Palau Islands, Pacific Ocean

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

Todd Pusser / Killer whale surfacing {Orcinus orca}, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska, USA

Georgette Douwma / Many spotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides). Celebes Sea, Indo Pacific

Juergen Freund / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus}, Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean

Juergen Freund / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus}, split level, Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean

Michael Pitts / Mass of Mastigias jellyfish at surface Palau, Western Pacific Islands

Michele Westmorland / Pajama Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera), Palau, Micronesia.

Michele Westmorland / Humpback snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) portrait, Palau, Micronesia.

Michele Westmorland / Orbiculated Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) just below surface in mangroves, Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau, Micronesia.

Michele Westmorland / Snorkeler swimming with harmless Jellyfish (Mastigias papua etpisonii), Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau, Micronesia model released

Michele Westmorland / Blacksaddle grouper (Epinephelus howlandi) with scuba divers in background, Palau, Micronesia.

Michele Westmorland / Scuba Diver at the entrance of Siaes Tunnel with overhanging Gorgonian sea fan, Palau, Micronesia 2010 model released

Michele Westmorland / Scuba Diver at the entrance of Siaes Tunnel with overhanging Gorgonian sea fan, Palau, Micronesia 2010 model released

Michele Westmorland / Ocellated / Twinspot lionfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus), Palau, Micronesia.