Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Shane Gross / A juvenile soldierfish, possibly a Crescent-tail bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur) in the open ocean at night off Anilao, Philippines.

David Fleetham / Close up of the pattern on the Hawaiian spotted flatworm (Pseudobiceros) endemic to Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Hawaiian pom-pom / boxer crab (Lybia edmondsoni)with anemones (Triactis sp) that it carries around holding with the claws and using them for defense, waving in front of the possible aggressor. An exam...

Jack Jeffrey/ BIA / I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea), Hawaii

ZSSD / Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii

ZSSD / Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii

Doug Perrine / False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) pod, off the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA. January.

Doug Perrine / Red hot lava from Kilauea Volcano flowing into ocean at West Kailiili, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA.

Georgette Douwma / Big-eye fish (Priacanthus hamrur). Egypt, Red Sea.

Gerrit Vyn / Nene / Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis) Hawaii. April. Vulnerable species.

Pete Oxford / Diamond Stingray (Dasyatis brevis) digging in sand, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador