Shane Gross / Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) juvenile feeding on algae growing on Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) blades. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / A small aggreggation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas

Shane Gross / Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Exuma, Bahamas.

Terry Whittaker / Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) in long grass looking at insects on flower, Iceland, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bergmann / Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) on water silhouetted, Thingeyjarsyslur, Iceland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bergmann / Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) on water, silhouetted, Thingeyjarsyslur, Iceland, June 2009

Orsolya Haarberg / Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Mvatn, Iceland. June 2008

LYNN M. STONE / Queen conch shell on Florida beach, USA

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red-necked phalorope (Phalaropus lobatus) male and female resting on the side of a lochan, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red-necked phalorope (Phalaropus lobatus) feeding along the edge of a lochan, Shetland, Scotland, UK, February.

Shane Gross / Massive pile of Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in the water of Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / A pearl from a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in the hand of a conch fisherman on Harbour Island, Bahamas.