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  • Male and female antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island.
    20211129-DSC_7603.jpg
  • A female scuba diver with a school of fish in the background. Model release available.
    20131216_HI052.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0491.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0478.jpg
  • Female kayaking on the ocean
    2012_Paddleboarding097.jpg
  • A wold eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) female peers out from her den in a colorful rock wall off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201128-500_8698.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0462.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0453.jpg
  • A large, female cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201018-500_6441.jpg
  • A smaller male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) tries to bite onto the pectoral fin of a larger female for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0758.jpg
  • Two males bite onto the pectoral fins of a larger female nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0825.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0750.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0471.jpg
  • Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) female resting on a bed of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0446.jpg
  • A female scuba diver uses an action camera to film a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) as it passes by a submerged shark cage off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
    2015_10_18GuadD3087.jpg
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) female hunting. Image made off Anilao, Philippines
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) female hunting on dark sand off Anilao, Philippines.
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  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0741.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto the pectoral fin of a female and pins her to the seabed for copulation in shallow water off Eleuthera, Bahamas, kicking up sand.
    20170605HI0726.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto a female for mating in in shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas while a second male waits for a turn.
    20170605HI0713 2.jpg
  • A male nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto a female for mating in a mangrove area off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    20170605HI0657.jpg
  • Two lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus), one male and one female, clinging to algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4078.jpg
  • A female SCUBA diver surrounded by fish in The Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2797.jpg
  • Female paddle boarding on the ocean.
    2012_Paddleboarding064.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus), female, clining to algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4177.jpg
  • A male and female pair of seahorses.
    2015_08_20_HI182.jpg
  • A woman standing on a beach ready to go paddle boarding. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2015_12_16HI333r.jpg
  • A snorkeler and underwater photographer makes images of Caribbean reef squid in The Bahamas.
    2015_05_24_HI_100.jpg
  • A stand up paddle board or SUP board rider enjoys a beautiful evening in The Bahamas.
    2012_Paddleboarding119.jpg
  • An ocean kayaker enjoys the open sea in The Bahamas.
    2012_OceanKayak097.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
  • A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) passes by a submerged shark cage with tourists off Guadalupe Island, Mexico
    2015_10_16GuadD1128.jpg
  • A woman snorkels with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini101 2.jpg
  • A woman in a white dress enters the sea.
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  • Marine biologist Tanya Kamerman monitors her ongoing project of growing corals (Acropora cervicornis) in an open-ocean coral nursery for future reef transplanting. As coral reefs decline worldwide scientists are looking for the best ways to help save our reefs.
    20170719EX_609.jpg
  • An ocean kayaker enjoys the open sea in The Bahamas.
    2012_Paddleboarding302.jpg
  • A stand up paddle board or SUP board rider enjoys a beautiful evening in The Bahamas.
    2012_Paddleboarding064.jpg
  • Scuba diving tourism is a possible way for islanders to gain income from a non-destructive use of the ponds.
    2014_05_15HI237-2.jpg
  • Marine biologist Tanya Kamerman collects Coralliophila abbreviata (recently changed to C. galea) a type of snail that are an indigenous coral predator that have become a greater concern with the decline of coral populations. Currently they are working on finding what their key predators are so we can better protect coral reefs and help restore the balance of the ecosystem.
    20170717EX_250.jpg
  • Calm day for ocean kayaking.
    2015_09_03_HI001.jpg
  • A woman in a white dress swims beneath the ocean's surface over sand.
    2013_Jan4_HI370.jpg
  • A woman in a white dress stands on soft sand in beautiful, shallow water in The Bahamas.
    2013_Jan4_HI001.jpg
  • An ocean kayaker enjoys the open sea in The Bahamas.
    2012_Paddleboarding457.jpg
  • A hooded cuttlefish (Sepia prashadi) being photographed over a seagrass meadow in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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  • A woman snorkels with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini129 2.jpg
  • A scuba diver nears a halocline (caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient) while exploring a blue hole known as The Ocean Hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    2014_05_15HI091.jpg
  • A large, pregnant, bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)  cruises over sandy bottom off Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
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  • A clasper, the shark equivilent of a penis, of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) ready to mate.
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  • A clasper, the shark equivilent of a penis, of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) ready to mate.
    20170605HI0778.jpg
  • Marine biologist Agnessa Lundy with The Bahamas National Trust assesses a coral reef in the Exuma Cays land and Sea Park. As coral reef health continues to decline worldwide scientists are trying to find the best ways to help reefs which includes areas like this park where no extraction is legal.
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  • Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) migrate up river on Vancouver Island, Canada.
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  • A woman swims alongside a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Mexico.
    2010-08-19 Cancun Whale Sharks608.jpg
  • An underwater photographer photographing a scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191004-500_2164.jpg
  • An underwater photoggrapher making images of a dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding on seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) with juvenile golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Image made in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt
    20191001-500_1485.jpg
  • Woman standing on the edge of a large cliff overlooking the ocean. Taken in the Bahamas.
    2015_08_20_HI677e1.jpg
  • Male and female antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island.
    20211129-DSC_7606.jpg
  • A female nurse shark rolls away from an advancing male.
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  • A large, female cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201018-500_6441.jpg
  • Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) female (at front) and male spawn on a redd in a river on Vancouver Island, Canada.
    20201006-500_5050.jpg
  • Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) (female at center) migrate up river on Vancouver Island, Canada.
    20201005-500_4104.jpg
  • Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) female underside showing the mouth and gills. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2015_01_29_bimini288.jpg
  • Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) female underside showing the mouth and gills. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2015_01_29_bimini282.jpg
  • Two lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus), one male and one female, clining to algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4078sm.jpg
  • A pair of mating dungeness crabs (Cancer magister). The male will often grasp the female in an embrace for weeks waiting for her to molt when her shell will be soft enough to receive the male's gonopods. After mating he will embrace her for protection. Image made off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Male nurse sharks will try to pin the female to the bottom, stirring up sediments.
    20170605HI0726sm.jpg
  • Claspers not only deposit sperm into into the female's cloaca, they will also squirt seawater in to flush out another males sperm.
    20170605HI0789-Editsm.jpg
  • The larger the group, the better the chance a female will be pinned for copulation.
    20170605HI0618.jpg
  • Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) mating is a brutal affair. The male grips the female by the pectoral fin and tries to pin her to the bottom so he can insert his clasper in her cloaca for copulation.
    Mating Nurse Sharks.jpg
  • The male seaweed blenny will guard the eggs of his many female mates. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    BlennyKing.jpg
  • Nurse shark mating is a brutal affair. The male grips the female by the pectoral fin and tries to pin her to the bottom so he can insert his clasper in her cloaca.
    Singles02.jpg
  • A close up of a large, female bull shark off Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, off Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
    2010 Bull Shark820.jpg
  • Male nurse sharks will grasp females by the pectoral fin as gravity isn't there to help.
    20180610-500_5613sm.jpg
  • The male nurse sharks begin courting females as the sun begins to rise.
    20180609-501_3468sm.jpg
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