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“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the surface of the water. I got the shot just before the tern flew away.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Nuno Sá.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Canon EOS 20D; 70-200mm lens
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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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About a 300 foot long gill net found abandoned on a shallow reef in the surf zone on Oahu, Hawaii. The net had trapped parrotfish, wrasses, goatfish, surgeonfish, coral crabs, spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and other fish that had decayed beyond identifi
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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

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Three fishermen sit on wooden stilts that are sticking out of the ocean as they fish.
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Artisanal Stilts Fishermen

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a jellyfish in blackwater
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Nighttime Jelly

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a diagram comparing the size of a water droplet to the size of a bacteria to the size of a virus
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The Size of a Virus

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Image of a translucent crustacean on a black background.
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Amphipods Host Microsporidia

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Image of circular nets in water where fish are grown.
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Fish Farms and Microsporidia

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Close up image of red fish gills with small black spots on left and an image of a preserved white fish with a large intestine.
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Fish Infected with Microsporidia

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Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus all have differently shaped pupils— an octopus has a rectangular pupil.
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Octopus Eyes

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A parrotfish creates a mucus cocoon to protect it from parasites while sleeping.
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Parrotfish in Mucus Cocoon

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The Charles W. Morgan tallship
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Charles W. Morgan

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A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

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