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  • An unknown species of octopus in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean.
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  • An unknown species of octopus in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4745.jpg
  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    2016_09_03OceanHole0878.jpg
  • Invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow. These are highly destructive invasive species which can uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9753.jpg
  • Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) photographed on a crocodile farm started by Fidel Castro in the 1960's in Ciénaga de Zapata National Park to help save the species. Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are interbreeding and creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which is down to only 4,000 individuals and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Animals were captive.
    20180514-_DSC0737.jpg
  • The Ocean Hole is a blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    2016_09_03OceanHole0279.jpg
  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    Dependence
  • Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) photographed on a crocodile farm started by Fidel Castro in the 1960's in Ciénaga de Zapata National Park to help save the species. Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are interbreeding and creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which is down to only 4,000 individuals and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Animals were captive.
    20180514-_DSC0758.jpg
  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    2016_09_03OceanHole0507.jpg
  • Schools of fish including grunts, snappers and chubs swim along a coral reef in the marine protected area of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas
    20170717EX_487.jpg
  • Dugongs (Dugong dugon), like this one in Egypt, are a species Vulnerable to Extinction and feed exclusively on seagrass. One of the largest threats to the species is declining seagrass habitats.
    Only Food Source.jpg
  • A Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) photographed in a cenote in Ciénaga de Zapata National Park. Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are interbreeding and creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which is down to only 4,000 individuals and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
    Critically Endangered Cuban Crocodile
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9456.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9222.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9098.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9072.jpg
  • Philippine dive guide Nhato Reuyan pours sand over a crown-of-thorns sea star. Although not an invasive species, outbreaks of this "star fish" can contribute to coral reef declines as they are highly efficient at eating coral. The topic of killing them to help reefs is controversial.
    20181015-500_9665.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9429.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9274.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9002.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_8991.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7937.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7928.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7851.jpg
  • Invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) among dead seashells and a muddy seabed. These crabs uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7487.jpg
  • Finger sponge (Isodictya quatsinoensis) along with various anemone and coral species and juvenile widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas) on a wall in Browning Passage, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210318-500_4284.jpg
  • Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) is a main reef building coral which protects coastlines from large waves is now a critically endangered species. Image made off Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_08_13HI116.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9430.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9273.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9218.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7918.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7901.jpg
  • Finger sponge (Isodictya quatsinoensis) along with various anemone and coral species and juvenile widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas) on a wall in Browning Passage, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210318-500_4283.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9463.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9201.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7916.jpg
  • Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus) endemic pioneering species growing only on young lava flows, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside497.jpg
  • A woman wearing a lionfish (Pterois volitans) necklace in The Bahamas. The species is invasive and fisherman are encouraged to cull them.
    2015_11_30HI0933.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9016.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7592.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scenic with many species of tropical fish in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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  • An unknown species of pelagic swimming crab, covered in barnacles swimming in the open ocean at night. She is tending to her eggs in a pouch. Image made off Anilao, Philippines.
    20181008-500_7133.jpg
  • A lone Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) or starfish crawling on the seabed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The species has been devastated by sea star wasting disease.
    20210709-500_1660.jpg
  • A lone Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) or starfish crawling on the seabed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The species has been devastated by sea star wasting disease.
    20210709-500_1638.jpg
  • A lone Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) or starfish crawling on the seabed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The species has been devastated by sea star wasting disease.
    20210709-500_1607.jpg
  • A lone Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) or starfish crawling on the seabed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The species has been devastated by sea star wasting disease.
    20210709-500_1555.jpg
  • A lone Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) or starfish crawling on the seabed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The species has been devastated by sea star wasting disease.
    20210709-500_1549.jpg
  • An invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Green crabs are  considered to be one of the most destructive marine invasive species.
    20210527-500_9463.jpg
  • Lionfish cast a long shadow over the Caribbean's already struggling coral reefs.
    20180202-DSC_3614.jpg
  • An invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in a seagrass meadow off Vancouver Island, BC. Green crabs are especially destructive in seagrass meadows because they dig in the sediment for food and uproot the seagrass. They can decimate this important plant quickly.
    20210527-500_9753.jpg
  • Invasive wireweed (Sargassum muticum) just offshore off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201128-500_8717.jpg
  • A great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) comes right for the camera in Bimini, Bahamas.
    2013_mar19_Bimini552 copy.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
  • During the day lionfish generally tend to stay hiding in the reef, but around dawn and dusk they are kings of reef, swimming to the top and are often observed on the hunt.
    InvasiveLionfish3.jpg
  • A common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) searching for food among the seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191003-500_1990.jpg
  • An unidentified moray eel in colorful coral off Flores, Indonesia.
    20180926-500_3901.jpg
  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) have taken over and are wiping out native fish in the Atlantic ocean. The highest densities are in the northern gulf of Mexico. This image was made off Destin, Florida.
    20180227-DSC_4878.jpg
  • A juvenile Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) crawling on kelp off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210709-500_1681.jpg
  • A school of tubesnouts (Aulorhynchus flavidus) at night off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201119-500_8119.jpg
  • Crown jellyfish (Cephea cephea) in blue water off Moorea, French Polynesia.
    20210816-500_6319.jpg
  • JP Zegarra of the US Fish and Wildlife Service swims alongside a green sea turtle over a seagrass bed off Crash Boat Beach, Puerto Rico. Seagrass is not only a main food source for endangered green turtles, it also stabalizes sediment and sequesters carbon, helping in our fight agaisnt climate change.
    Gross_PuertoRico030.jpg
  • A scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) on a coral reef in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191004-500_2229.jpg
  • A scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) on a coral reef in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191004-500_2219.jpg
  • A common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) searching for food among the seagrass off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20190930-500_1328.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) and snorkeler with camera off Cat Island, Bahamas.
    2016_05_03_Cat_Oceanic329.jpg
  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) riding the bow wave of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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  • Rock lobster/Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) hiding in a patch of coral reef and sponges. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) have taken over and are wiping out native fish in the Atlantic ocean. The highest densities are in the northern gulf of Mexico. This image was made off Destin, Florida.
    20180227-DSC_4876.jpg
  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) have taken over and are wiping out native fish in the Atlantic ocean. The highest densities are in the northern gulf of Mexico. This image was made off Destin, Florida.
    20180227-DSC_4867.jpg
  • The face of an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in The Bahamas.
    2016_06_29HILionfish442.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport697.jpg
  • A scuba diver culls invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) from a coral reef off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2016_06_18Freeport054.jpg
  • An invasive lionfish on the end of a spear. In order to keep their numbers low, scuba divers and snorkelers are encouraged to spear as many as possible.
    2015_11_02HI070.jpg
  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) have taken over and are wiping out native fish in the Atlantic ocean. The highest densities are in the northern gulf of Mexico. This image was made off Destin, Florida. Image was previously sold as RF.
    20180227-DSC_4672.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport615.jpg
  • A scuba diver spears and invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Spearing on scuba is illegal in The Bahamas, however, a special exemption was made for lionfish.
    2016_06_19Freeport577.jpg
  • An invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) is fed to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought sharks could be trained to feed on lionfish by feeding them speared lionfish which, so far, this has proved to be false.
    2016_06_18Freeport082.jpg
  • A scuba diver spears and invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Spearing on scuba is illegal in The Bahamas, however, a special exemption was made for lionfish.
    2016_06_17Freeport002.jpg
  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in a lab tank to be studied by researchers at the Cape Eleuthera Institute.
    2015_09_08_CEI316.jpg
  • A Cuban tree frog changes colors to match the white roof it was sleeping on.
    Cuban_Tree_Frog025.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
  • Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) rests on a kelp frond off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201217-500_1359.jpg
  • Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) swimming along a coral reef in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD6_833.jpg
  • A school of bonefish (Albula vulpes) hunt for crustaceans among the algae on the seabed. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0480.jpg
  • A school of yellow jacks (caranx bartholomaei) hunt the shallows in the early morning light. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180820-500_0101.jpg
  • Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) have taken over and are wiping out native fish in the Atlantic ocean. The highest densities are in the northern gulf of Mexico. A team of lionfish hunters are spearing them to help the local ecosystem.This image was made off Destin, Florida.
    20180227-DSC_5075.jpg
  • Chef Jim Shirah of Northern Florida prepares a plate of lionfish. Their white, flaky meat is often compared to grouper and snapper and is considered especially delicious. According to Jim, lionfish is one of their most popular dishes because they taste great and are guilt-free.
    20180228-DSC_5230.jpg
  • A lionfish (Pterois volitans) over coral at night in The Bahamas
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  • An invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) over coral in The Bahamas.
    20170311HI020.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport616.jpg
  • A mural is painted on the side of a small grocery store on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas depicting how the fait of the Bahamian fishery is tied closely to that of the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans). An island elder looks to the past as a healthy fishery becomes embattled.
    2015_12_7HI296.jpg
  • The tails of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) dry on a cutting board. The tails will be made into jewelry. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_09_08_CEI211.jpg
  • Jewelry made from the tails of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) increases the value. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_11_30HI0917.jpg
  • Some places, like the gulf side of northern Florida, have high densities of lionfish.
    20180227-DSC_4867.jpg
  • Cuban tree frog on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    Cuban_Tree_Frog061.jpg
  • An underwater photographer photographing a scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191004-500_2164.jpg
  • A small squid (possibly grass squid, Pickfordiateuthis pulchella) portrait in The Bahamas.
    2016_03_14_HI560.jpg
  • Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) portrait, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD6_703.jpg
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