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  • A baited remote underwater video (BRUV) setup by scientists to determine predator abudance in The Bahamas.
    20171202-DSC_1972.jpg
  • Juvenile crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) has perfect camouflage for an ambush predator. Palau.
    20191012-500_3461.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.
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  • A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunts at night near Eleuthera, Bahamas. Octopus are the top predator in the pond.
    20220603-500_6819.jpg
  • An oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) at one of their last strongholds in the world, Cat Island, Bahamas. Once considered to be the most abundant predator over 100 pounds on Earth they have been cut to 1% of their previous population.
    Bump
  • A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunts at night near Eleuthera, Bahamas. Octopus are the top predator in the pond.
    20220603-500_6374.jpg
  • Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) are important predators on coral reefs.
    Reef Predator
  • 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.
    20170930-1291.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_HI0973.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_HI1299.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
  • An adult lemon shark opens wide for a cleaner wrasse. It is a symbiotic relationship where the shark's teeth, gills and other areas are cleaned of parasites and the wrasse gets a meal. Lemon sharks grow to 9 feet and are important ocean predators.
    Adulthood
  • A heron eats a plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) during an extremely low tide, which exposes the fish's nesting sites to predators and the heat.
    20210628-501_0887.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_HI0106.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_HI0952.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_HI0855.jpg
  • Often referred to as the "engineers of the mangroves" crocodiles are the largest predators in this part of the ecosystem and carve out the paths through the mangrove root system.
    AmericanCrocInCuba
  • 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_HI0908.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_02_22HI725.jpg
  • Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) are predators high on the food chain. Their presence in large numbers is a key indicator of a healthy ecosystem. *Note: This image is only for sale for Rights Managed or as a limited edition print. See my "Limited Editions" under the PRINTS tab for more information or send me an email for a quote.
    Caribbean Reef Sharks
  • 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.
    2014_10_17HI650.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eyes a potential fish meal near the surface in the black of night.
    Predator
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looks for her next meal while sitting in a tree in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9998.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eats a salmon on a rocky shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9661.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts fish in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9281.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eats a salmon on a rocky shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9787.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eats a salmon on a rocky shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9668.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) leaves her salmon catch behind on a rocky shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9846.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) eats a salmon on a rocky shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220628-DSC_9648.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating shrimp at night in The Bahamas.
    20200126-500_7773.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating larval moray eel, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4256.jpg
  • A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) test-bites a large blue crab. The crab walked away unscathed.
    20170930-1150-Edit.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating larval moray eel, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4289.jpg
  • Red irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) resting on a yellow sponge and plumose anemones (Metridium senile) in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210722-500_2360.jpg
  • Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) hunting over a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA.
    20190605-500_9775.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
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0716.jpg
  • Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) swimming off Bartolome Islet, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0217.jpg
  • Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) crater feeding in The Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI076re.jpg
  • A giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) out hunting off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201126-500_8591.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) eating a plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0887.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in shallow waters off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB453.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) uses echo-location to find prey hiding just under the sand, a strategy called "crater feeding" -  Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI264 2.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) use echo-location to find prey hiding just under the sand - a strategy called "crater feeding". Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI076.jpg
  • Blue sharks (Prionace glauca), two, in the open ocean off Rhode Island, USA.
    2011-07-11BlueShark1533.jpg
  • Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) swimming underwater off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6703.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0992.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW1092.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0529.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0341.jpg
  • Portrait of a tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopis oxycephala) face. Image made off Anilao, Philippines.
    20181010-500_8790.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0992.jpg
  • A large, pregnant bull shark off Mexico's Playa Del Carmen. Bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, off Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
    2010 Bull Shark1171.jpg
  • Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) crater feeding in The Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI265.jpg
  • Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) crater feeding in The Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI239.jpg
  • Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) crater feeding in The Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI117re.jpg
  • Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) crater feeding in The Bahamas.
    2013_apr29_HI085.jpg
  • Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) underwater in kelp forest, South Georgia Island.
    20211130-500_2235.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swim in Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    20211122-DSC_2558.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swim in Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    20211122-DSC_2777.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swim in Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    20211122-DSC_2405.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swim in Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    20211122-DSC_2444.jpg
  • Red irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) resting on a verticle wall in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210722-500_2286.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting for plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fish as they come into the intertidal zone to spawn and protect their eggs. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210628-501_0939.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) waits on a rock during low tide while searching for plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) who breed in the intertidal zone in the sping and summer. Bowser, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210627-501_0750.jpg
  • Painted anemone (Urticina crassicornis) eating a red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) on rock wall off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210319-500_4709.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
  • Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) off Tubuai, French Polynesia.
    20210903-500_6966.jpg
  • With scars from a fishing hook an oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) patrols the open ocean with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) and rainbow runners (Elagatis bipinnulata) off Tubuai, French Polynesia.
    20210825-500_6756.jpg
  • Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) and pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) and rainbow runners (Elagatis bipinnulata) off Tubuai, French Polynesia.
    20210825-500_6753.jpg
  • A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) hunts in a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in the Florida Keys, USA.
    20190604-500_9083.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating fish. Bahamas.
    20200131-500_8467.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
  • Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) hunt scad off Guadalupe Island, Mexico
    2015_10_18GuadD3120.jpg
  • A portrait of a a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in deep water, producing a black background. Image made off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
    2015_10_18GuadD3402.jpg
  • A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) passes by a submerged shark cage with tourists off Guadalupe Island, Mexico
    2015_10_16GuadD1128.jpg
  • Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over a sandy seabed, Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini278.jpg
  • The tail end of a Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over a sandy seabed, Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini384.jpg
  • A woman snorkels with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini101 2.jpg
  • The broad head of a Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over a sandy seabed, Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini322.jpg
  • A woman snorkels with and photographs an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_30_bimini195 s.jpg
  • Face portrait of a great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) off Bimini, Bahamas.
    2015_01_29_bimini344 2.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with fish in front of nose. Bahamas
    2014_10_09TB372.jpg
  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming over sargassum seaweed off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB403.jpg
  • A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming over a sandy seabed off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_06TB581.jpg
  • Oceanic Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) rarely swims in this shallow water. Cat Island, Bahamas.
    _DSC0200.jpg
  • Galapagos hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) perched in a tree, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191212-501_8000.jpg
  • Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) underwater off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6744.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW1159.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0513.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) feeding on Black Striped Salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0440.jpg
  • Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) swimming off Bartolome Islet, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191209GalapagosUW0177.jpg
  • A Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) portrait. Image made off Anilao, Philippines
    20181006-500_6254.jpg
  • A pelagic squid (species unknown) uses ink to hide from potential prey. Inking is a common hunting practice in the open ocean. Image made off Anilao, Philippines.
    20181008-500_7236.jpg
  • A tasseled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) waits for prey in a small coral cave off Alor, Indonesia.
    20180930-500_5305e.jpg
  • A banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) searches a seagrass bed for food. Image made off North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    20180916-500_2218.jpg
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