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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus), in flight. Found throughout coastal southern Australia. Photo taken off Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5281-16D
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Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) - juvenile. Also known as Bullhead, Oyster Crusher and Tabbijaw. Albany, Western Australia
Image ID: 43M2642-06
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Aerial view of channel between Hook and Hardy Reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-35
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Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) - with Remora Suckerfish. Also known as Black Whaler and Bronze Whaler. Found throughout Australia in tropical and warm temperate seas.
Image ID: 24M2638-10
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Scuba Diver exploring undersea dropoff decorated in Dendronephthya Soft Corals. Indo-Pacific
Image ID: 24M0822-07
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Scuba Diver exploring Dendronephthya Soft Coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0822-01
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Red Tide drifting close to One Tree Island reef, located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Red Tide is a common name given to algal bloom of toxic, naturally occurring microscopic plankton known as Dinoflagelates.
Image ID: 24M2422-91D
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Sunlight streaming through a forest of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Offshore Santa Barbara Island, California, USA.
Image ID: 70M2033-02
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Spiny Sea Star (Gomophia egeria), on a colony of Green Tube Coral (Tubastrea micrantha). Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
Image ID: 70M1222-03
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Bubble Snails (Hydatina physis). New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1644-21
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Blue Maomao (Scorpis violacea). Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 60M1185-05
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Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas throughout the world.
Image ID: 70M2647-03
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Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2683-13D
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Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas and penetrates far into freshwater for extended periods. South Bimini Island, Caribbean Sea.
Image ID: 43M2638-09
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Scarlet Percher Dragonfly (Diplacodes haematodes) - male, caught in a Spider web. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5899-08
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New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri). Neptune Islands, South Australia. Listed as Low Risk on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1422-07
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis), killed by fishing line entanglement. False Bay, South Africa. Found in warm-temperate and tropical seas throughout the world.
Image ID: 38M1413-35
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Aerial view showing lagoon detail. Wistari Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-15
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), breaching on surface. Hawaii, USA. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 70M1439-41
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Sea Sponge (Xestospongia sp.). Photo taken in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M1260-29D
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Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) - cows. Anvil Island, Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve, Esperance, Western Australia. Classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1425-16
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Fierce Snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus). Also known as Inland Taipan. Western Queensland, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous snake.
Image ID: 24T6680-23D
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A couple of snorkelers (MR) free diving with a school of Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) and other tropical fish. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
Image ID: 70M0832-07
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A team of researchers led by Dr Steve Turnbull from the University of New Brunswick use a hammock to hoist a Porbeagle Shark, (Lamna nasus), onto the deck of a research vessel in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Image ID: 43M2663-11
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African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) returning to nesting beach at sunset, after fishing at sea. Also known as Jackass Penguins. Boulder Beach, South Africa
Image ID: 24T5244-14
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Aerial view of Torres Strait Islands, including populated Thursday Island (top right), Prince of Wales Island (lower foreground) and Friday Island (left). Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-64D
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Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). Found in coastal waters of New Zealand, South Africa, Namibia, Malvinas Islands, Chile and Argentina. Photo taken in Puerto Madryn, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.
Image ID: 38M1415-07
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), moulting. Elephant Point, Livingstone Island, Antarctica.
Image ID: 38M1431-06
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1644-46D
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Aerial view of Coffs Harbour, situated on the northern New South Wales coast, showing Mutton Bird Island, protected boat harbour with jetty, Coffs Harbour township and mountain range. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2423-26D
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Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), male. Found in dense undergrowth, bracken, shrubbery in forests and heaths throughout south-eastern Australia. Photo taken at Flinders, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5238-03D
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Scribbled Leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1088-144
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1166-19D
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Sydney city and Harbour Bridge decorated in projected light during the Vivid Sydney 2023 festival of light, music and ideas. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6072-56D
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Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus). Found across the southern part of Australia, from coastal South Australia to western Victoria, and through the Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5007-02D
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Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5611-23
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Aerial view of Coffs Harbour, situated on the northern New South Wales coast, showing Mutton Bird Island, protected boat harbour with jetty, Coffs Harbour township and mountain range. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2423-18D
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Barracouta (Thyrsites atun). Also known as 'Couta, Snoek and Sierra. A commercially sought fish found in Southern Australian waters.
Image ID: 40M1177-09
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Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - cow. Anvil Island, Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve, Esperance, Western Australia. Classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1425-17
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-07
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Green Tunicate (Didemnum molle), showing close detail of inner mouth. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1205-42D
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), breaching on the bow wave of a container ship. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs, Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1411-79D
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Temperate rainforest fungi, situated in Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6245-16D
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Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus), pair in a Sea Anemone. Also known as Bridled Anemonefish. Found throughout South-East Asia, western Pacific to Japan. Photo taken in Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1033-84D
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Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.). Photo taken off Yap, Micronesia.
Image ID: 70M0444-16
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Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) - female. 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: 24T5215-49D
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Yellow-nose Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis novaeguinea). Found on offshore reefs throughout Indo-Westl Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M1066-79
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Australian Rainforest Fungi (Cyptotrama asprata) - commonly known as Golden-scruffy Collybia. Photo was taken in tropical rainforest, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. This species is found throughout tropical regions of the world
Image ID: 24T6245-05D
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Spurred Sea Star (Patiriella calcar) - surrounded by encrusting Sponge. Also known as Spurred Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1222-33
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 74M2666-15
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Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). Also known as Yellow Moon Wrasse. Solitary Island Marine Park, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1020-01
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Fierce Snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus). Also known as Inland Taipan. Western Queensland, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous snake.
Image ID: 24T6680-16D
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Sydney Opera House decorated in projected light during the Vivid Sydney 2023 festival of light, music and ideas. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6072-35D
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Schooling Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1055-12
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Sea Slug (Pleurobranchaea brockii). Found in the Indo-West Pacific, with a few confirmed records from Japan, South Africa and eastern Australia. Photo was taken off Anilao. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1622-58D
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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis). Found throughout Australia, except inland desert areas. Also Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealand. Photo taken Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24T5208-04D
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus) - amongst sea sponges and tunicates. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Australia
Image ID: 24M1644-33
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Old Wife (Enoplosus armatus), with schooling Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba) also known as Silver Bream. Photo taken at the Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1058-42D
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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: 24T5233-89D
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Garden Praying Mantid (Possibly: Orthodera ministralis). Also known as Garden Praying Mantis and Green Mantid. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5840-05D
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Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis). South East Queensland, Australia. Listed on IUCN Red List as Lower Risk - Near Threatened.
Image ID: 24T5033-01
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Close detail of the extended tube feet of a Fisher's Sea Star (Mithrodia fisheri). Photo taken in Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
Image ID: 70M1222-04
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Old Wife (Enoplosus armatus) and schooling Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus). Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1058-27D
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Water lily, or Waterlily (Nymphaea sp.) A common water plant that can be seen in ponds and water ways throughtout tropical Australia. Despite their name, water-lilies are not related to the true lilies (Family Liliaceae).
Image ID: 24T6270-03
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Blue Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). Also known as Semi-circle Angelfish and Half-circled Angelfish. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geographical variations occur.
Image ID: 24M1000-25
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Australian Rainforest Fungi. Photo was taken in tropical rainforest, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T6245-06D
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Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes sp.). Found throughout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M0467-01
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Aerial view of Whitsunday Island beach and Great Barrier Reef excursion float plane. Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-26
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Sea Star (Pentaceraster sp: possibly regulus) - showing detail of upper centre. Found throughout Indo-Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M1222-48
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Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigatus) - living in cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M0444-45
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Fierce Snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus). Also known as Inland Taipan. Western Queensland, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous snake.
Image ID: 24T6680-15D
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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: 24T5228-94D
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-38
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Shark jaw products for sale. Photo taken in Madagascar, near Africa
Image ID: 38M1901-05
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Blue Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). Also known as Semi-circle Angelfish and Half-circled Angelfish. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geographical variations occur.
Image ID: 24M1000-26
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii excisa), male. found along continental coasts of the eastern Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands and California. Photo taken at Galapagos Islands, Equador.
Image ID: 70T5272-03
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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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Alconarian Coral, Sea Star and Crinoid Feather Star reef scene. Photo was taken off Rinca Island in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
Image ID: 70M1222-02
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Rainforest Fungi. Photo was taken in Dorrigo National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Dorrigo, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6245-17D
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - pup. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
Image ID: 65M1431-01
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White-margin Stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) burried in sand with its ribbon-like tongue protruding from teeth-lined mouth to lure prey. Found throughtout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Komodo National Park Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 45M1074-01
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Robin Redbreast wildflower (Melaleuca lateritia). South-west region, Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-65D
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Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) - in a eucalypt tree. Found in a range of forest habitats in eastern Australia. Listed on IUCN Red List as Lower Risk/Near Threatened.
Image ID: 24T5040-05D
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Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0700-20
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Northern Pacific Sea Stars (Asterias amurensis) - feeding on encrusting organisms. Also known as Northern Pacific Starfish. Introduced species from Japan or Korea, probably from discarded ships ballast water. Derwent Estuary, Tasmania, Australia
Image ID: 24M1222-36
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Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus), in a Sea Anemone. Also known as Bridled Anemonefish. Found throughout South-East Asia, western Pacific to Japan. Photo taken in Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1034-16D
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Schooling Black-tipped Bullseye (Pempheris affinis). Often seen in caves and around ledges from south Qld coast to Vic. Photo was taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1058-31D
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Beaked Leatherjacket (Oxymonacanthus longirostris). Also known as Beaked Filefish and Longnose Filefish. Usually found associated with branching or plate corals. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, South East Asia and Indo-west Pacific.
Image ID: 24M1088-163
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New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) - pup. Neptune Islands, South Australia. Classified Low Risk on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1422-05
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Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis). Found in warm-temperate and tropical seas throughout the world. Photo taken at Cape Town, South Africa
Image ID: 38M1413-06
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) in Pisonia forest. Sought after by islanders for eating. Palmyra Atoll. National Wildlife Refuge Island, USA Territory, Pacific Ocean
Image ID: 24M0444-05
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Wildflower photographed in the outback country near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-19D
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Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica), resting in a tree. Also known as Green Dove & Green-winged Pigeon. Found in tropical rainforests & woodlands of coastal Nth & East Australia, Norfolk, Lord Howe & Christmas Islands. Also Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Indonesia.
Image ID: 24T5224-14D
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BEFORE CORAL BLEACHING: Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.). Photographed in 1997 prior to the 1998 El Nino Coral Bleaching period. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0205-16
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