Juergen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) orphan babies, sleeping on hot water bottle, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Margit Cianelli with Lumholtz tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) 'Kimberley', a kangaroo she raised from a baby, now living in nearby forest with her own joey. Lumholtz Lodge, Atherton Tabl...

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer Margit Cianelli with juvenile Lumholtz kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) with radio collar. The tree kangaroo has a radio collar to allow her to explore her forest surroundings ready for...

Juergen Freund / Margit Cianelli wildlife carer with young Lumholtz kangaroos (Dendrolagus lumholtzi), one with a radio collar. The tree kangaroo has a radio collar to allow her to explore her forest surroundings read...

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer Margit Cianelli with young year old Lumholtz tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) with radio collar. This kangaroo was raised by Magrit who allows the juvenile to explore the forest re...

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer Margit Cianelli holding Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) orphan, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar emerging from egg on an Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia) leaf and feeding, Queensland, Australia, April.

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Low angle view of crane used for studying tree canopy at Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Guttering to redirect water at the Daintree Drought Experiment, where rainforest plants grown under cover to see how they respond to drought. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, northern Queensland, Aust...

Juergen Freund / Scientist Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Queensland. The experiment combines the efforts of plant physiologists, ecologists, soil experts, climatologists and hydrolo...

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015....

Juergen Freund / Shoal of Sergeant majors (Abudefduf saxatilis) with various Wrasses (Labridae) feeding on the Sergeant major fish eggs, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Slow motion aerial shot of a Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) blowing / breathing at the surface before diving, Banda Sea, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Fireflies (Lampyridae) flying around a tree, Bicol, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Fireflies (Lampyridae) flying around a tree, Bicol, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, with star trails, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, with stars and the Milky Way, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising at Cape Leveque, with Mangroves (Rhizophora) in the foreground, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016

Juergen Freund / Wide-angle timelapse of Sand bubbler crabs (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Herita...

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of photographers Stella and Jurgen Freund camping, with campfire, Chillagoe, North Queensland, Australia, 2015.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Strangler fig (Ficus virens) at night lit by the moon, known as the Curtain Fig Tree, this individual is over 500 years old, Atherton Tablelands, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queens...

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night of bioluminescent fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) on a tree trunk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wide angle shot of Barron Falls after a cyclone, showing increased flow of water, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Barron Falls after a cyclone, showing increased flow of water, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising in a Mangrove (Rhizophora) forest, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Periwinkle snails (Littoraria) climbing up Mangrove (Rhizophora) roots at lowtide, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Sand bubbler crabs (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulatio...

Juergen Freund / Sand bubbler crab (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation...

Juergen Freund / Hand-reared Boongary (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) feeding in a kitchen, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Hand-reared Boongary (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) descending from a tree and climbing onto its carer's back, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Tracking timelapse of stars and the Milky Way seen through the rainforest canopy, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Tracking timelapse looking upwards into the hollow left by a Strangler fig (Ficus), Lake Barrine, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Wallaman Falls at night, lit by the moon, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Juergen Freund / Large scale agricultural irrigation of a vegetable farm, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Bleached Staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis), Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Tracking tiimelapse over Nandroya Falls, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Male Tooth-billed bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris) removing yellow leaves from his bower, leaving only green leaves turned over on the ground, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying from roosting tree at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) catching a Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia.

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) leaving roost site, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Maiden's veil fungi (Phallus indusiatus) emerging, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Giant sea cucumbers (Thelenota ananas) moving underwater, with a Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in the background, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 2015.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Scolymia coral (Mussidae) feeding, lit with a UV light, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...

Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral (Gorgonaceae) in the shallow mangroves, split level. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Juergen Freund / Split level view of coral reef, Komodo National Park, Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Juergen Freund / Man moving Grouper fish between fish pens, Tampakan, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo. June 2009. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying around and roosting in trees, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. December. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terr...

Juergen Freund / Mud crab (Scylla serrata) in shallow sandy water. Split level with island and thatched house on stilts. Moromahu Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the...

Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...

Juergen Freund / Schooling silversides (Atheriniformes) split level with karst limestone cliff and West Papuan fishermen in their dugout outrigger canoe. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of t...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) split level view, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Juergen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting with baby, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Image...

Juergen Freund / Giant mottled fresh water eels (Anguilla marmorata) in shallows, split level view, Lissenung Island, Kavieng, New Guinea. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Juergen Freund / Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) spitting, Oolioo Sandbar, Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) at Devils Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wangi Falls at night illuminated by moonlight, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. December 2012.

Jurgen Freund / Blue and yellow fusiliers (Caesio teres) shoal, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Flock of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus ) drinking in an outback dam, Northern Territory, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) blurred motion photograph, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Banded sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina) around the roots of mangrove tree, split level. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Split level of large Purple crown jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina) in shallows of mangroves. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings running to the sea from nest. Jamursbamedi, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

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

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling swimming to the sea still in the shallows of the beach. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) with red whip coral. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Bioluminescent fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) glowing on tree trunk in rainforest at night, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia,

Juergen Freund / Stars facing north towards constellation Perseus with Perseid meteor shower, above farming fields in the Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. August 14, 2013 4am, composite image.

Juergen Freund / Glowing / bioluminescent fungi on rainforest tree, possibly Omphalotus nidiformis, Tableland rainforest, Far North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Seeds and flower from large tropical almond, sea almond, beach almond (Terminalia catappa) against black sand, Sulawesi beach, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / White spider (Araneidae) on web with zig-zag stabilmentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Beautifully spun spider web, with spiral stabilimentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Forest seedling growing in the Bornean forest. Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Juergen Freund / Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) spawning during the annual mass coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Non-diver tourists surrounded by fish, trying out the sea walker from the Sunlover Pontoon, Great Barrier Reef, Queenland, Australia, November 2012