Juergen Freund / Young West Papuan boys carrying a catch of fresh fish to the kitchen. Batu Rumah, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures on karst limestone formations. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Swim-through at dive site called Boo with colourful corals in the foreground. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Aerial of Kri Island, Kri Eco Resort and Sorido Bay Resort. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellowtail fusilier (Caesio cuning) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / A parade of giant manta rays (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station, seen from behind. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Fruit bats (Megachiroptera) flying out from the island where they roost during the day. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) and diver, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010. Model released.

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of coral reef and island with snorkeller swimming underwater. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations rising out of the sea. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Bungalows of Misool Eco Resort as night falls. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of coral reef and island. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / A large shoal of Lunar fusiliers (Caesio lunaris) blending in with the same blue of the water. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Soft coral (Alcyonacea) in the shallow mangroves with diver, split level. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Black tip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) patrolling the shallows. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Very old human skulls on a ledge in the karst limestone walls of a Raja Ampat island. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) hunted by Bluefin jacks (Caranx melampygus). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Bungalows of Misool Eco Resort as night falls. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver swimming behind it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Fallen mangrove leaves adding to detritus in the soil. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Light streaming into a shallow cave in a dive site called The Passage, with a diver swimming up towards the foliage visible above. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010. Model release...

Juergen Freund / West Papuan fishermen in their outrigger houseboat over the shallow reef. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Giant manta rays (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / School of Bigeye jacks / Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Black tip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) patrolling the shallows. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of a shallow coral reef and house on stilts. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Black tip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) patrolling the shallows. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Nudibranchs (Chromodoris lochi) crawling on a sea squirt. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Sea pen octocoral (Veretillum sp) with polyps out, feeding, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Convict blennies / False catfish, juvenile, (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) amidst a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Tiny Brittlestars (Ophiuridae) wrapped around the branches of Fan coral, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / School of yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Featherstar (Comantheria briareus) on red fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Feather star (Crinoidea) underside. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) swimming around a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Feather star (Crinoidea) underside. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Young woman in "tree" yoga pose, looking out to sea. Daram Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Bean shaped polyps of an Anchor coral (Euphyllia ancora), a large polyp stony (LPS) coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fancoral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Giant / Map pufferfish (Arothron mappa) swimming in the reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January

Juergen Freund / Newly harvested Mangrove timber getting cleaned in the sea. The red bark has been taken off causing an orange red tint in the shallow water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Students from Yellu Village posing with photographers Jurgen and Stella Freund and Misool Eco Resort staff in front of the WWF panda flag. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Friant's sea star (Nardoa frianti), close-up of skin of the upper side. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Fan coral (Gorgonacea) with open polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia..

Juergen Freund / Detail of a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / A colony of golden sea squirts / tunicates (Polycarpa aurata). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January.

Juergen Freund / Green urn sea squirt / tunicate (Didemnum molle) internal detail. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Small, tree-covered islet. This is a karst limestone formation with layers eaten away by water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / West Papuan fishermen in their outrigger boat. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Tunicates / Ascidians / Sea squirts (Atriolum robustum) on a fan coral branch. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Clark's anemonefish / Yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii) prreing out from anemone tentacles. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent corals, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) tending its eggs. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Coral trout / Leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) mating behaviour. Males approach the females and display with their bodies and fins. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) juvenile swimming towards the camera. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) at surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / West Papuan house on stilts in coral reef shallows. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged in a fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby swimming in the sea near the beach. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby speeding towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Portrait of newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby hatchlings coming out of their nest. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female laying her clutch of eggs. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) with West Papuan boy in the water. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Member of West Papuan dive boat crew free-swimming underwater. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Fan coral (Gorgonacea) in the shallows with boat shilouetted against the sunset in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver looking up at it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Variegated / Common lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) portrait. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Silhouette of an outrigger dugout canoe seen from underwater. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of a shallow coral reef and mangroves with local West Papuan man in a dugout canoe. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by dense shoal of glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Young West Papuan kids fishing from the their village jetty. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of old coral reef destroyed by dynamite fishing. New corals are not able to colonise the rubble. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of vivid colour lithograph for 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published 1888 in Stuttgart by J.F. Shreiber, the palaeontology section by Dr. Fri...

Solvin Zankl / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) in flight in cave, Grotta Monte Majore, Sardinia, Italy. Highly commended, Mammals category, GDT 2012 competition.

Luis Quinta / Schreiber's lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) adult male on river bank with waterfall in background, Geres National Park, Portugal, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Inaki Relanzon / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} flying from cave, France

Inaki Relanzon / Close up of colony of Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} roosting in cave, France

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bats {Miniopterus schreibersii} mass roosting. Central America

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} Germany, Europe

Michael Pitts / Schreiber's long fingered bat, {Miniopterus schreibersii} New Territories, Hong Kong.

Bert Willaert / Male Schreiber's lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in breeding colouration, Peneda-Geres National Park (Parque Nacional da Peneda-Geres), Portugal, April.

Bert Willaert / Male Schreiber's lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in breeding colouration, Peneda-Geres National Park (Parque Nacional da Peneda-Geres), Portugal, April.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Eric Medard / Schreiber's Long Fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in flight in cave. France, Europe, August.

Luis Quinta / Schreiber's lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) male, Geres National Park, Portugal, May.

Luis Quinta / Schreiber's lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) adult male, Geres National Park, Portugal, May.

Bert Willaert / Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) looking over sand. Cyprus, the Mediterraneum, August.

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat. (Miniopterus schreibersii) Germany

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Mouse-eared bats (Myotis sp) and Schreiber's long fingered bats (Miniopterus schreibersi) flying from roost in cave, Bulgaria, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Mouse-eared bats (Myotis sp) and Schreiber's long fingered bats (Miniopterus schreibersi) roosting in cave, Bulgaria, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting with one individual crawling over the others, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Arndt / Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersi) colony roosting, Grotta Monte Majore, Gennargentu NP, Sardinia, Italy, November 2008 Wild Wonders kids book.

Inaki Relanzon / Colony of Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} roosting in cave, France

Inaki Relanzon / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} roosting in cave, note ring, France

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} flying, Germany

Jose B. Ruiz / Schreiber's lizard {Lacerta schreiberi} juvenile, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Schreiber's lizard {Lacerta schreiberi} juvenile, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Schreiber's lizard {Lacerta schreiberi} juvenile, Spain

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersii} Germany

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersi} roost, Bulgaria.

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersi} roost, Bulgaria.

Dietmar Nill / Schreiber's long fingered bat {Miniopterus schreibersi} roost, Bulgaria.