Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), surfacing in Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico,, North America

Ko Rawi Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A colourful long tail boat on Ko Lipe Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The beach on Ko Rawi island in Tarutao Marine National Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Long tail boats on Ko Rawi island in Tarutao Marine National Park, in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A long tail boat at dusk in Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Snorkeling in the Andaman Sea off Ko Rawi island in Tarutao Marine National Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long tail boats in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of a girl walking on a sandbank, Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Panorama of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

The crystal blue waters of Sunrise Beach on Ko Lipe in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ko Rawi Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A colourful long tail boat on Ko Lipe Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sunset in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sunset in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of a girl walking on a sandbank, Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Seafood on display in Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Longtail boats on Ko Rawi Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long tail boats on Ko Rawi island in Tarutao Marine National Park, in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Colourful long tail boat in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

A long tail boat at dusk in Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ko Rawi Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long tail boats in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Panorama of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long tail boat in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Panorama of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Panorama of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Longtail boats on Sunrise Beach on Ko Lipe in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ko Lipe in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Aerial of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area, West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Ko Rawi Island in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Exposed coral in Ko Lipe, in Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A street scene in Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A street scene in Ko Lipe, Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) on ice near Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. (Restricted Resolution - please contact us)

Steam coming from the bodies of northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Lamplugh Glacier showing meltwater cave, Glacier Bay National Park, southeast Alaska, USA.

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

Mobula species Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, Machalilla National Park. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

Lamplugh Glacier showing meltwater cave, Glacier Bay National Park, southeast Alaska, USA.

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Porto beach with granitic rocky outcrop in the foreground and red granite headlands and cliffs in the background, within a UNESCO World Heritage coastal/marine site and Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), Corsica, France.

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

A resident Orca (Orcinus orca) pod consisting of 5 animals in total. The pod was sighted off the South Marble Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

Adult Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) in Glacier Bay National Park, southeast Alaska, USA.

Steam coming from the bodies of northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) hauled out on South Marble Island in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

A resident Orca (Orcinus orca) pod consisting of 5 animals in total. The pod was sighted off the South Marble Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) on ice near Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA.

A resident Orca (Orcinus orca) pod consisting of 5 animals in total. The pod was sighted off the South Marble Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

A resident Orca (Orcinus orca) pod consisting of 5 animals in total. The pod was sighted off the South Marble Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

A resident Orca (Orcinus orca) pod consisting of 5 animals in total. The pod was sighted off the South Marble Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) on ice near Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Steller (Northern) Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) hauled out on small reef in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

Pia bay or Pia Fjord, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Pia Glacier, from Pia bay, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Explorers riding a zodiac, in Seno Almirantazgo, PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Imperial cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps), Tuckers Islets, Whiteside Canal, PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Officer calculating the course of the ship, ship's bridge, Ventus cruise ship, Nassau bay, near Cape Horn, Tierra de Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Pia Glacier, from Pia bay, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Traro (Caracara plancus), Tuckers Islets, Whiteside Canal, PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Detail of Cordillera Darwin, from Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

A magnificent anemone, Heteractis magnifica, in a shallow hard coral garden featuring several species of hard coral including finger and plate corals such as Porites sp., and Acropora sp., Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Two emperor shrimp, Periclemenes imperator, catch a ride on a Ceratasoma sp., nudibranch, Bima Bay, Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Coral Grouper eye detail, Cephalopholis miniata, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A magnificent anemone, Heteractis magnifica, in a shallow hard coral garden featuring several species of hard coral including finger and plate corals such as Porites sp., and Acropora sp., Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Giant clam detail, Tridacna crocea, Bima, Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Clark's Anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, in pink bubble tip anemone, Sangeang Volcanic Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Several species of small schooling fish such as damselfish and anthias feed on plankton in the water column above hard corals, Porites sp., and Acropora sp., Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Spinecheek anemone portrait, Premnas biaculeatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Coral Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, and lionfish, Pterois volitans, hunting anthias, Pseudanthias sp., Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp with Eggs, Periclimenes sarasvati, Bima, Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Ladybug amphipods, undescribed species, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A Pokemon nudibranch, Thecacera sp., feeds on squid eggs, Bima Bay, Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Brook's urchin shrimp, Allopontonia brookia, in a fire urchin, Asthenosoma ijimai, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean