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Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), congregating around the shipwreck of the Zion in Jupiter, Florida, USA, to spawn in the months of August and September. Endangered species.
Image ID: 45M1092-25
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Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama), showing two males rivalling. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia. Endemic to Australia.
Image ID: 24M1611-99D
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Image ID: 45M2681-15
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Morning Iris wildflower (Orthrosanthus laxus). Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-95D
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Kelp, Mussels and Barnacles are exposed on a beach at low tide in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 70M2428-01
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Temperate deep water reef comprising of Whip Corals, Sea Sponges, Zoanthids, Anemones and Reef Fish. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2033-63D
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Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Photo taken at Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Viti Levu, Fiji. Found worldwide in tropical & warm temperate seas, penetrating freshwater for long periods.
Image ID: 45M2638-14
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Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of fishing debris, ropes and floats, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
Image ID: 65M1910-09
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen) - buried in sand. Also known as Banana-tail Ray, Fantail Ray and Feathertail Stingray. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2600-28
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Temperate deep water reef comprising of Whip Corals, Sea Sponges and Crinoid Feather Stars. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2033-68D
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Found in Tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia
Image ID: 24M2664-13D
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Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis). World's largest lizard found on Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang Islands, Indonesia. Photo taken on Rinca Island, Indonesia. Listed as Vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 70T6614-15
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Also known as Great White, White Pointer, White Shark & White Death. Found in all major oceans of the world, but mostly temperate waters. Listed as Vulnerable Species on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 70M2659-16
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Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), juvenile being cleaned by Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1000-46D
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0211-47D
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Ribboned Seadragon (Haliichthys taeniophorus). Primarily known from the north-western Australian coast, ranging from Shark Bay to Exmouth, but also known from the Darwin region and east to Torres Strait, including Papua New Guinea. Aquarium Photo.
Image ID: 24M1161-05D
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Image ID: 45M2681-27
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Diver exploring a tropical reef consisting of Crinoid Feather Stars attached to Gorgonia Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M2012-31D
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Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons). Found along eastern Nullabor Plains, South Australia. Listed on IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered
Image ID: 24T5044-27D
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Crystal Shower Falls, situated in the Dorrigo National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Dorrigo, NSW, Australia. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in recognition of its outstanding universal value.
Image ID: 24T6436-07D
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Found in Tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia
Image ID: 24M2664-14D
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at Fish Rock, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Image ID: 24M2645-89D
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Germinating coconut washed ashore on a tropical beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
Image ID: 24M2428-30D
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Brighton Beach famous bathing boxes, or boatsheds, situated on Brighton beach near Melbourne. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2430-08D
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Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) - poised and inflated in defence. Also known as Marine Toad. Queensland, Australia. Introduced to Australia in 1935 to combat Sugar Cane Beetles. Now a major pest species.
Image ID: 24T5650-11D
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Also known as Blacktip Shark. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2674-02D
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Floriade Festival, Commonwealth Park, Canberra, Australian Capital City, Australia. Floriade is Australia's biggest celebration of Spring that runs each year in Canberra during the months of September and October.
Image ID: 24T6130-47D
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Aerial view of Horn Island, showing settlement and air-strip. Note tidal channels and sea grass beds in foreground. Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-68D
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Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira mazara), breaching on the surface after taking a bait. Also known as Billfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 33M1041-14D
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This pelagic shark is an aggressive species and is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo was taken offshore Cat Island, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M2679-05
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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini). Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas.
Image ID: 24M2647-08D
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Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus). Photo taken at Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea.
Image ID: 43M2760-02
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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), showing orange-buff plumes during breeding season. Found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate areas of Australia. Originally native to Asia, Africa and Europe, but has now migrated worldwide.
Image ID: 24T5256-03D
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Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti). Found throughout the West Pacific on coastal and outer reefs, perfectly camouflaged on sheltered sand and rubble zones. Photo taken in Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M1129-01
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Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). Kagalagadi National Park, South Africa.
Image ID: 38T4688-02
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Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
Image ID: 24M2644-80
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Kelp Holdfast attached to a sponge covered rock. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1855-56D
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical waters, but also can be found in temperate waters. Largest type of ray in the world, recorded at over 7.6 metres (26ft) across. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24M2711-03
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Dragon Moray (Enchelycore pardalis). Found in Indo-Pacific from Reunion to Hawaiian, Line and Society Islands, to southern Japan, southern Korea, and New Caledonia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1037-45D
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Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas and penetrates into freshwater for extended periods. Very Dangerous shark.
Image ID: 45M2638-01
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Seagrass (Heterozostera tasmanica). Found in shallow sheltered sea beds on moderately exposed sand in temperate Australian waters. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1850-03D
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Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) - male. Found in cool temperate mountain rainforests, coastal rainforests, dense thickets and blackberry in S.E. Qld and N.E. NSW, Australia. Photo taken Lamington World Heritage National Park, Qld, Australia
Image ID: 24T5215-31D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) swimming underwater with captured Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in mouth. Also known as White Pointer & White Death. False Bay, South Africa. Listed as Vulnerable Species on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 38M2656-31
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Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) male during courtship display. Also known as Blue Peafowl and Peacock. Native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many regions of the world, including Australia.
Image ID: 24T5229-05D
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1411-45
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching on surface whilst attacking seal decoy. False Bay, South Africa. Protected species.
Image ID: 38M2656-13
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus). This large water bird is found throughout Australia and New Guinea. Also in Fiji and parts of Indonesia and New Zealand. Photo taken at Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5233-72D
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Vase Coral (Turbinaria mesenterina) - Detail. Also known as Scroll Coral and Cabbage Coral. Indo-Pacific
Image ID: 24M0211-24
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Rainforest draped in mist, situated in the Dorrigo National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Dorrigo, NSW, Australia. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in recognition of its outstanding universal value.
Image ID: 24T6423-66D
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Diver observing a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) and other sea sponges. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M2012-39D
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Dugong (Dugong dugon), showing detail of bristly facial hair around the lower mouth. Torres Strait, Northern Australia. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Protected species
Image ID: 24M1444-07D
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster). Christmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia
Image ID: 60T5255-01
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Close detail showing the polyps of a Gorgonian Fan Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0233-31D
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Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) expelling air from blowhole on the surface. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
Image ID: 70M1475-11
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Diver observing a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). Hawaii, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
Image ID: 70M2266-02
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Gurnard Lionfish (Parapterois heterura). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, but not common. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1052-29D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) underwater. Also known as White Pointer and White Death. Guadalupe Island, Baja, Mexico, Pacific Ocean. Listed as Vulnerable Species on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M2659-10
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Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), parent with chicks. Found around fresh water, usually near reeds in southern Western Australia and eastern Australia. Photo taken in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5254-57D
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Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca), resting in a tree. Found in rainforests and woodlands of eastern Australia, from central Queensland to Gippsland in Victoria.
Image ID: 24T5224-41D
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Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus), male mating with female. Also known as Blue Manna Crab. This specie is highly sought after by Commercial fishery. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0445-35D
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Nankeen (Rufous) Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus). Found around swamps, intertidal flats, estuaries, rivers and ponds throughout Australia
Image ID: 24T5254-15D
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Known as Grey Nurse Shark (Australia), Sand Tiger Shark (USA) and Ragged-tooth Shark (South Africa). Photo taken at Solitary Islands, NSW, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on IUCN Red List. Protected in Australia.
Image ID: 24M2645-41D
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Coralline Alga (Halimeda opuntia). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1855-23
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. Photo taken at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia.
Image ID: 58M2711-31D
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Image ID: 45M2681-14
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), hunting schooling Basslets. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1052-54D
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Historic wood fired paddlesteamer, PS Emmylou, cruising down the Murray River at Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6045-12D
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Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) scavenging a trawl net fish catch off Cape Point, South Africa
Image ID: 38T5289-08
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Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni). Also known as Bullhead, Oyster Crusher and Tabbijaw. Found on coastal reef throughout the southern part of Australia. Photo taken Jervis Bay, NSW.
Image ID: 74M2646-04
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Masked Moray (Gymnothorax breedeni). Found in East Africa and Seychelles to Line and Marquesas Islands. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1037-27D
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Rusty old water tank at Ross Hill Gardes ruins, situated in the tropical rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6055-19D
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Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri). Also known as Hallers Stingray. Playa El Burro, Baja, Meico, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 43M2755-40
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Colourful tropical reef scene, showing schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos), feeding on plankton drifting through reef with crinoid feather stars. Typical reef scene found throughout Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef
Image ID: 24M2020-16D
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Also known as Blacktip Shark. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2674-08D
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Black-spot Goatfish (Parupeneus signatus), having gill plates cleaned by a Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour. Found in sub-tropical waters of Australia. Common in New South Wales.
Image ID: 24M1047-01D
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A pair of Giant Oceanic Manta Rays (Manta birostris), being cleaned at a fish cleaning station. Also known as Devil Ray and Devilfish. Photo taken at the Bommie, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2711-17
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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) - hatchlings perched on a branch. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5225-06
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This oceanic shark is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo taken in Mozambique Channel, located between the island of Madagascar and southeast Africa, Indian Ocean
Image ID: 38M2679-03
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Barrel Sponges (Xestospongia muta) on a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Image ID: 45M1260-01
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Flock of Merino Sheep (Ovis Aries) grazing in a field. Country Victoria, Australia
Image ID: 24T7010-11D
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Coral (Acropora sp.) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia
Image ID: 24M0211-31
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Buttress Tree, situated in a natural spring in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6422-98D
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Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans elegans). Found in rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and forests near farm lands of the eastern coast and ranges of south-eastern Australia. Photo taken Lamington World Heritage National Park, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5228-93D
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Ebor Falls, situated within Guy Fawkes River National Park, near Ebor on Waterfall Way. New England Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6435-98D
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Unicorn Sole (Aesopia cornuta). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1012-05
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Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma), showing spectacular design in nature. Photo taken in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6255-59D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching on surface whilst attacking Cape Fur Seal. False Bay, South Africa. Protected species.
Image ID: 38M2656-93
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Diver photographing Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca). Cape Point, South Africa.
Image ID: 38M2618-24
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef cave at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2011-52D
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Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira mazara) breaching on surface after taking a bait. Also known as Billfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 33M1038-12
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Commensal Starfish Shrimp (Periclimenes soror) on seastar. Bali, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M0466-47
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Ornate Hawkfish (Paracirrhites hemistictus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1089-09D
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Curtain Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6423-17D
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), resting in a tree. Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5012-05D
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Also known as Blacktip Shark. French Polynesia, South Pacific
Image ID: 45M2674-03
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Colourful tropical reef scene, showing schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos),sheltering near a Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria). A typical reef scene found throughout Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
Image ID: 24M2020-14D
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Spider Crab (Achaeus japonicus) - on whip coral. Also known as Decorator Crab. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M0444-92
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Rusty abandoned diesel train engine resting beside tropical rainforest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6055-17D
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Divers exploring a temperate deep water reef comprising of Sea Sponges and Crinoid Feather Stars. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2033-58D
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Wild Dog pup (Lycaon pictus). Kruger National Park, Southern Africa.
Image ID: 38T4692-07
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