Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Mangrove seedling {Rhizophoraceae} underwater, Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) in the shallows with large shoal of schooling golden fish feeding on the seagrass blades, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) in the shallows amongst the corals, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) in the shallows, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff uses an anesthesized Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) to discover whether sea snake tails have light receptors. A Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The e...

Juergen Freund / Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) coiled with its head resting on its body, against a white background. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils, seen from above. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff's Faraday shield aiming to find out if sea snake tail has light receptors - using anesthesized Shaw's Sea Snake (Lapemis curtus) specimen. The faraday shield is used for shie...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff using an anesthesized Shaw's Sea Snake (Lapemis curtus) to discover whether sea snake tails have light receptors. A Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The electr...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff blowing air into anesthesized Shaw's Sea Snake (Lapemis curtus). He uses a Faraday shield to find out if sea snake tail has light receptors. The Faraday shield is used for shielding off...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught Marbled sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii) stored in orange ice box. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptor...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snake biting 5mm glove of researcher Guido Westhoff. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queen...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff peels dental rubber off the skin of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii), taking a print of its skin. The print will be looked at under an electron microscope to find out if sea sn...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff applying dental rubber to the skin of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) to take a print of its skin. The print will be looked at under an electron microscope to find...

Juergen Freund / Two sea cucumbers on coral reef {Holothuroidea} Phillippines, South Pacific

Juergen Freund / Diver with river basslets in freshwater spring, Florida, USA

Juergen Freund / Fisherman with hands full of Banded sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina) Philippines. Banded sea kraits are one of the ocean's most poisonous creatures, but bites are rare as they have small rounded mout...

Juergen Freund / Red mangrove trees (Rhizophora mangle) at sunset, Everglades NP, Florida

Juergen Freund / Red mangrove trees (Rhizophora mangle) at sunset, Everglades NP, Florida

Juergen Freund / Wide angle view of limestone tidepools at low tide, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Juergen Freund / Two venomous Scorpionfish{Scorpaena sp} Indo Pacific

Juergen Freund / Water lilies {Nymphaeacae} Bali, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Close up of featherstar arm {Comanthus bennetti} Philippines, Pacific