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  • A tiger shark at tiger beach in the Bahamas.
    TigerShark1.jpg
  • An almost blind Bahamas cave fish aka cusk eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes) at the bottom of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20170926-172.jpg
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    20181214-DJI_0333.jpg
  • A shrimp that is most likely a red cuban cave shrimp, Barbouria cubensis, in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_10_26RedShrimp385.jpg
  • A shrimp that is most likely a red Cuban cave shrimp (Barbouria cubensis) scavenging on a dead crab in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas. When a shrimp finds a meal it rises in the water column to avoid competition.
    2013_09_03_HI371.jpg
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    20181215-DJI_0498.jpg
  • An aerial view of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20181214-DJI_0197.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) swimming among algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20180501-500_8456.jpg
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    20181215-DJI_0520.jpg
  • A snorkeler enjoys clear water, sand and sea stars in The Bahamas.
    2014_06_09HI433.jpg
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    Bahamas Underwater Book by Shane Gross
  • An almost blind Bahamas Cave Fish (Lucifuga) survives just fine in the darkness of deep blue hole.
    Bahamas Cave Fish.jpg
  • Queen conch off Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery02.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB453.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming over sargassum seaweed with an old, algae covered fishing hook in her mouth.  Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB449.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming over sargassum seaweed off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB403.jpg
  • An adult lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) pauses in the sand to be cleaned by a small cleaner wrasse. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_06TB719 2.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) under boat with scuba diver in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB450.jpg
  • A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming over a sandy seabed off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_06TB581.jpg
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) walk along the ocean floor with Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the background. Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB239.jpg
  • Two Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezii, off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
    2012_April_25_Freeport483.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_07TB025.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with bar jacks (Caranx ruber) riding the bow wave of the shark. Image made at Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB300.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_10TB947.jpg
  • A hatchet and knife sit on a bucket. These are the tools used to crack open queen conch (Lobatus gigas) the national food of The Bahamas. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    20170427HI0971.jpg
  • Marine biologist Alannah Vellacott measures a brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) as part of an ongoing program to monitor and restore coral reefs in The Bahamas. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170522HI0843.jpg
  • A lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in a research tank at the Cape Eleuthera Institute in The Bahamas is used for a study on the social lives of sharks before being released back into the wild. Lemon shark pups spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_11_30HI397.jpg
  • A young Bahamian girl plays with a conch shell on beach in Nassau, Bahamas. Conch are part of the cultural heritage of The Bahamas and other Caribbean nations. Their loss would be deeply felt.
    20180721-501_6917.jpg
  • An invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is speared as part of an effort to help coral reefs adapt to this new predator. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby514.jpg
  • Shrimp that are most likely red cuban cave shrimp, Barbouria cubensis, in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_09_22BlueHole616.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170930-1291.jpg
  • Children learn about the ocean, specifically a sea star in this case, while snorkelling in the Bahamas.
    UnderwaterEducation
  • The future looks bright for sharks in The Bahamas as long as tourists keep coming and bringing their wallets.
    2016_05_03_Cat_Oceanic329.jpg
  • South Eleuthera conch fisherman crack the days catch. They use their pickup truck to transport the conch to the market parking lot so locals and tourists can have a chance to purchase the animal as it is being de-shelled. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas.
    BahamasConchFishery18.jpg
  • Hands holding plastic pollution like bottle caps and rope that washed up on a beach in The Bahamas.
    20200125-501_9446.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers.
    20200125-501_9415.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose, who started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers, holds plastics found within just a couple minutes on her island's beach.
    20200125-501_9446.jpg
  • Dive center owner George Gross, working with the Bahamas National Trust, clips a tiny sample of staghorn coral for study. The sample will be used to test which strains will stand up best to the effects of climate change. Those strains will then be used for coral restoration programs throughout the Bahamas.
    2015_11_13HI259.jpg
  • Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and very important economically. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery11.jpg
  • Tiger shark swimming above sea grass in the Bahamas
    2014_10_08TB449.jpg
  • Seahorse in sea grass. Image made in the Bahamas.
    2013_Jan12_HI129.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers.
    20200125-501_9432h.jpg
  • A nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) illegally trapped in a fish pot or fish trap. Each year the Bahamas closes the nassau grouper fishery to allow the fish time and space to spawn. Lack of enforcement means fisherman can easily break the law and catch the fish. Nassau grouper are now considered critically endangered species yet are still widely available on restaurant menus.
    2015_12_15HI018.jpg
  • Cuban tree frog on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    Cuban_Tree_Frog061.jpg
  • Cuban tree frog on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    Cuban_Tree_Frog020.jpg
  • Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery15.jpg
  • The beautiful clear water of The Bahamas is home to all sorts of amazing life, life that is in danger from climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats.
    2012_March_10Tree038.jpg
  • Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) bumps into the front of the camera off Cat Island, Bahamas
    2016_05_03_Cat_Oceanic524.jpg
  • An inland pond on Eleuthera with an especially high density red Cuban cave shrimp. They are usually found walking around the seabed, but one this occasion, for unknown reasons, they were "marching" to deeper water.
    2015_11_30HI855 2.jpg
  • A sea star on the edge of the ocean. Cushion sea star on a pink sand beach in the Bahamas
    2013_feb15_HI057.jpg
  • A tourist digs in to a conch salad. Conch are the National Food of The Bahamas and a favourite of tourists and locals alike.
    ConchStory04.jpg
  • A SCUBA diver explores a shipwreck in The Bahamas
    2012_April_24_Freeport061.jpg
  • Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas in black and white.
    2012_April_23_Freeport092.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in The Bahamas.
    2012_April_23_Freeport305.jpg
  • A great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) comes right for the camera in Bimini, Bahamas.
    2013_mar19_Bimini552 copy.jpg
  • Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over sandy seabed off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2013_mar18_Bimini205.jpg
  • Spotted porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) at night in The Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3688.jpg
  • A split shot of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Alligator Creek, Cat Island, Bahamas.
    20180716-500_7422.jpg
  • A scuba diver inspects the massive anchor of the cargo vessel the Cienfuego which sank in 1895 in The Bahamas.
    2016_12_08HI078.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with fish in front of nose. Bahamas
    2014_10_09TB372.jpg
  • Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) portrait, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2012_Dec19_HI059.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4562.jpg
  • Elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) at night silhouetted by a scientists light during the annual coral spawn. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    20180801-500_8492.jpg
  • A school of bonefish (Albula vulpes) hunt for crustaceans among the algae on the seabed. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0338.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus), also known as the West Indian spider crab, reef or spiny spider crab, or coral crab, hiding in a cavern in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4076.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) in a pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2015_08_20_HI378.jpg
  • Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, to study an alkaline pond's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye, that can only be seen under ultra-violet light, she proved that this pond in The Bahamas has the highest density of seahorses on Earth.
    2016_02_11HI452.jpg
  • Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, to study an alkaline pond's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye, that can only be seen under ultra-violet light, she proved that this pond in The Bahamas has the highest density of seahorses on Earth.
    2016_02_11HI075.jpg
  • A woman standing on a beach ready to go paddle boarding. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2015_12_16HI333r.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5459.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) eating a seagrass species called turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum). Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20171106HI_102.jpg
  • Small fishing boats showing signs of their age sit unused during the COVID-19 pandemic on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    20200406-DSC_2149.jpg
  • Critically endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) gather during the winter full moons to spawn. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2016_12_13LongIslandBH401.jpg
  • A fisherman's cage is pulled up by researchers. It is illegal to fish for Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) December - February in the Bahamas when this image was taken. Lack of enforcement is a common issue in Bahamian fisheries. The scientists tagged and released the fish. It is part of an ongoing study to learn about the amazing phenomenon known as the grouper spawning aggregation. During the winter full moons the normally solitary grouper gather en masse to spawn at certain locations throughout the Caribbean and are especially vulnerable to over-fishing. Learning about these aggregations is of major importance to protect and manage the economically and culturally important fishery for these critically endangered fish.
    2016_12_13LongIslandBH590.jpg
  • Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) off Cat Island, Bahamas.
    2016_05_06_Cat_Oceanics335.jpg
  • Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) and snorkeler with camera off Cat Island, Bahamas.
    2016_05_03_Cat_Oceanic329.jpg
  • Scuba divers interact with a Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) in Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini595.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4497.jpg
  • Giant Hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) feeding at night. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3812.jpg
  • A true tulip (fasciolaria tulipa) is a large marine snail. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3898.jpg
  • Spotted trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis) portrait, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3753.jpg
  • Spotted porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) at night in The Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3693.jpg
  • Graysby (cephalopholis cruentata), a type of grouper, hiding in a sponge off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180707-500_7204.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) feeding on the algae growing on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum). Image made in Exuma, Bahamas.
    20171129-DSC_1787.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) leaves footsteps in the sand behind her as she moves along the seabed. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    2015_08_20_HI010.jpg
  • A pearl from a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in the hand of a conch fisherman on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2016_02_09HI054.jpg
  • A small aggregation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas
    2016_05_05_Cat_snorkel112.jpg
  • Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming along a coral reef wall in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas
    20170716EX_221.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170930-1205.jpg
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_09_14LemonShark249.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) form a school, known as a squad, off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    Squid Squad.jpg
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    Blue Hole
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    Blue Hole
  • The two meter long tarpon is a popular game fish known for their high flying leaps while on hook and line. This image was made in a cavern on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas where huge swells would crash in and, seasonally, would fill with baitfish for these large predators.
    Silver King
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clings to algae on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20220603-500_5891.jpg
  • Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, to study an alkaline pond's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye, that can only be seen under ultra-violet light, she proved that this pond in The Bahamas has the highest density of seahorses on Earth.
    2016_02_11HI452.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clining to algae in an alkaline pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20190113-500_2007.jpg
  • Deans Blue Hole on Long Island, Bahamas is a world-famous freediving site due to it's relative protection from the winds, easy access and, of course, extreme depth. Two days before this image was taken a new world-record was set here.
    20180719-501_6021-Pano.jpg
  • A hotel and marina constructed in a seagrass meadow. Harbour Island, Bahamas
    20190301-DJI_0721.jpg
  • Marine Biologist Olivia Rhoades tends to her experiment on seagrass predators and scavengers in The Bahamas.
    20190320-500_4912.jpg
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