Alex Mustard / Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) resting on a yellow sponge, in front of red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. Nor...

Franco Banfi / Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Alex Mustard / Red eye medusa (Polyorchis penicillatus) with hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarum). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Strawberry anemone (Utricina lofotensis) grows beneath Bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Detail of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gas-filled bladders (pneumatocysts) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Bertie Gregory / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) adult breaching, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Bertie Gregory / Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) floating amongst bull kelp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

David Pattyn / Temperate rainforest scenic with ancient Red cedar tree (Thuja plicata). Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

David Pattyn / Western Red Cedar trees (Thuja plicata) in temperate rainforest. Cathedral grove in MacMillan provincial park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

David Pattyn / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping, tail lob, lobtailing. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.