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  • Pelagic Marine Gastropod Mollusk on a blackwater dive in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean
    20190802-500_5088.jpg
  • The predaceous aeolis (Himatina trophina) is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201123-500_8428.jpg
  • Two Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) battle for territory in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, a Marine Protected Area, Bahamas
    20170718EX_034.jpg
  • Mushroom ascidians (Distaplia occidentalis) in white and orange variations at left and pale soft coral (thrombophyton trachydermum) at right in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210321-500_5291.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_05_16_HI1122.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_05_16_HI1048.jpg
  • A young Northern sea star (Asterias vulgaris) on a blade of seagrass (Zostera marina) off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190926-500_1239.jpg
  • Silhouette of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0305.jpg
  • Dense aggregation of short plumose anemone (Metridium senile) in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210321-500_5400.jpg
  • A young Northern sea star (Asterias vulgaris) on a blade of kelp off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190926-500_1248.jpg
  • A young Northern sea star (Asterias vulgaris) on a blade of kelp off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190926-500_1190.jpg
  • A baby Northern seastar or starfish (Asterias vulgaris) feeds on alge on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina) off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190926-500_1225.jpg
  • Silhouette of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over a coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0309.jpg
  • A young Northern sea star (Asterias vulgaris) on a blade of seagrass (Zostera marina) off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190926-500_1182.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9533.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9684.jpg
  • A Gyre Flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4765.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9430.jpg
  • A Gyre Flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4763.jpg
  • A Gyre Flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4769.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9659.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) play at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9414.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9120.jpg
  • Amphipods hitch a ride on an umbrella jelly or aggregating jellyfish (Eutonina indicans) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7250.jpg
  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) on the seabed near Malapascua, Philippines.
    20181013-500_9458.jpg
  • A Gyre Flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4773.jpg
  • A manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) calf named Sayle had her right flipper entangled in fishing line. After the veterinarian removed the line he took a blood sample to check for possible infections. The vets, scientists and conservationists helped as much as possible, but the young manatee died a couple weeks after this image was made.
    2016_02_01HI492.jpg
  • Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201201-500_9664.jpg
  • A Gyre Flyingfish (Prognichthys glaphyrae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4771.jpg
  • A male southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) shoots water out of his mouth while being turned upside down by researchers getting a small tissue sample for genetic analysis in The Bahamas.
    20170512HI755.jpg
  • A stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) eating a krill off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20220207_0271.jpg
  • Abstract detail of the tentacles of an orange sea cucumber (Cucumaria miniata) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210303-500_4102.jpg
  • Baby Lisbeth's brooding anemones (Epiactis lisbethae) cling to their mom on a kelp frond off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210320-500_5143.jpg
  • A stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) eating a krill off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20220207_0207.jpg
  • Underside of a swimming scaleworm (Polynoidae sp.) in the Salish Sea off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20220207_0130.jpg
  • Baby Lisbeth's brooding anemones (Epiactis lisbethae) cling to their mom on a kelp frond off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210320-500_5181.jpg
  • Baby Lisbeth's brooding anemones (Epiactis lisbethae) cling to their mom on a kelp frond off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210320-500_5191.jpg
  • A school of sardines (Clupeidae) swims past a seafan. Image made off Moalboal, Philippines.
    20181020-500_0525.jpg
  • Orange peel nudibranch (Tochuina tetraquetra) in Browning Pass, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean
    20220514-500_5012.jpg
  • A pink helmet (Aglantha digitale) jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan in the family Rhopalonematidae. Image made in the Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20220328-500_4548.jpg
  • Puget Sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii) extreme facial close-up taken off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20220127_0055.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210520-500_8245.jpg
  • Close up details of the skin and papulae (gill-like structures) of a leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210503-500_7021.jpg
  • Juvenile quillback rockfish (Sebastes meliger) resting on red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210321-500_5263.jpg
  • Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) underside showing the fused ventral fins that form a suction disk, enabling it to attach itself to rocks, seagrass and seaweed, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210119-500_2782.jpg
  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) plays on the beach, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191214-501_9038.jpg
  • A shrimp inside a pyrosome. Shot at 60 feet over 13,000 feet of water at night in the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. International Waters.
    20190802-500_5195.jpg
  • A dead crab, boiled to death, on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. I saw hundreds of sea stars, crabs and even some fish that died from the heat. It's likely billions of animal were killed.
    20210627-DSC_7040.jpg
  • Close-up details of the gills and spines of a mottled seastar (Evasterias troschelii) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7382.jpg
  • Portrait of a wolf eel (Anarrichthys ocellatus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210507-500_7107.jpg
  • Close-up details of the gills and spines of a mottled seastar (Evasterias troschelii) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210503-500_6942.jpg
  • A portrait of a Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni) on red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210321-500_5434.jpg
  • Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis) eating a red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) on rock wall off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210319-500_4703.jpg
  • Stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) swimming at night off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210223-500_4018.jpg
  • Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) portrait, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210118-500_2461.jpg
  • A larval octopus (species unknown) drifting in the open ocean off Anilao, Philippines during a blackwater dive.
    20181007-500_6702.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_3113.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_3095.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_2970.jpg
  • A giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.
    20201002-500_3014.jpg
  • A giant pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.
    20201002-500_2926.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210520-500_8208.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210520-500_8128.jpg
  • Close up details of the spines and tube feet of a red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210503-500_6999.jpg
  • Blob-top jellyfish (Neoturris breviconis) with an amphipod hitching a ride. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210503-500_6665.jpg
  • Detail of the mouth of crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean
    20210321-500_5269.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) on orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi) Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210320-500_5049.jpg
  • Proliferating anemones (Epiactis prolifera) on Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210318-500_4485.jpg
  • A juvenile giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) peeks out from her den off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210204-500_3133.jpg
  • Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) underside showing the fused ventral fins that form a suction disk, enabling it to attach itself to rocks, seagrass and seaweed, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210118-500_2554.jpg
  • Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) portrait, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210118-500_2508.jpg
  • Red octopus aka ruby octopus (Octopus rubescens) out hunting at night off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210106-500_1787.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hides among mangrove trees in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1840.jpg
  • Larval Sharptail eel (Myrichthys breviceps) swimming at night in The Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3821.jpg
  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) plays in the surf, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191214-501_8991.jpg
  • A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) feeds on sponges along a coral wall off Moalboal, Philippines with sardines (Clupeidae) in the background.
    20181020-500_0647.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 shrimp inside a pyrosome. Shot at 60 feet over 13,000 feet of water at night in the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. International Waters.
    20190802-500_5207.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) in attack mode, Bahamas.
    Squid Attack
  • An amazing look at the spot patterns of a single spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) in the wild.
    Eagle Ray Pattern
  • Larval stage blacktip poacher (Xeneretmus latifrons) at night in the Salish Sea off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    20220329-500_4640.jpg
  • Larval stage sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus) at night in the Salish Sea off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    20220328-500_4615.jpg
  • Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested Sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. June
    20220630-500_1592.jpg
  • Scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni) top view while resting on red soft coral (Gersemia rubiformis), Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210918-500_7947.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_3117.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_3071.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_2988.jpg
  • Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) shelters beneath the tentacles of its host crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
    20210723-500_2931.jpg
  • Portrait of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) fish at night off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201210-500_0778.jpg
  • Portrait of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) fish at night off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201210-500_0711.jpg
  • Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) hunting krill at night off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201210-500_0618.jpg
  • An ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) boiled to death on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. I saw hundreds of sea stars, crabs and even some fish that died from the heat. It's likely billions of animal were killed.
    20210627-DSC_7027.jpg
  • An ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) boiled to death on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. I saw hundreds of sea stars, crabs and even some fish that died from the heat. It's likely billions of animal were killed.
    20210627-DSC_7031.jpg
  • Graceful Rock Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis) on muddy seabed, Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9733.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a giant pink star (Pisaster brevispinus) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210520-500_8328.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210520-500_8282.jpg
  • Close-up details of the gills and spines of a mottled seastar (Evasterias troschelii) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7428.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the skin of a Rose Star (Crossaster papposus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7326.jpg
  • Rhinoceros of golf ball crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii) portrait off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7305.jpg
  • Close-up detail of the the tufts of gills and spines surrounded by pedicellariae (pincers that can nip off the tube feet of other sea stars) of a painted sea star (Orthasterias koehleri) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210511-500_7243.jpg
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