Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Storm clouds approaching over tropical rainforest growing on limestone island, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, October 2009

Alan Watson / Frond pattern of tree ferns (Cyathea arborea) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic.

Alan Watson / Frond pattern of tree ferns (Cyathea arborea) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic.

Doug Perrine / Palm trees on Samana bay, Dominican republic, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Flowering trees in tropical rainforest, Dominican republic, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Beach landscape, Dominican republic, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Palm trees on Samana Bay, Dominican republic, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach overlooking lagoon, Dominican Republic

Konrad Wothe / Bacardi Beach, Cayo Levantado, Dominican Republic, Caribbean