Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale {Balaenoptera brydei / edeni} with throat pleats expanded after feeding on baitball of Sardines {Sardinops sagax} off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Veolia Environnement...

David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with mouth open, just below the surface off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), portrait. Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Baja California peninsula, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) swimming down into deep water, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in open water, maybe the whole family with the male, the female and the calves, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) close to the surface, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in open water, Guadalupe island, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), Cocos Island , Costa Rica. Pacific Ocean.