Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) mother and calf, Santa Barbara Channel, California

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) mother and white morph calf, Portugal

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) jumping, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) pod, Dominica

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) social group at water surface

Flip Nicklin / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail

Flip Nicklin / Sunset over calm ocean, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) portrait, largest shark in the world, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale portrait in aquarium

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), Vancouver Aquarium, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) surrounded by several scuba divers, threatened, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Two scuba divers swimming through sea cave with schooling Grunts, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Cavalla (Caranx sp) school off of Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Grunt (Haemulidae) school along coral reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Squirrelfish (Holocentrus sp) schooling at reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Squirrelfish (Holocentrus sp) schooling at reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) trio swimming off of Manualita Island on the west side of Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula) portrait off of Manualita Island on the west side of Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Pompano (Trachinotus sp) juvenile off of Manualita Island on the west side of Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) with two Remora (Remora remora) attached to it, Hallcion Reef, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) researcher Bruce Mate attempting to satellite tag whale, California

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) aerial view of group, Santa Barbara Channel, California

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) curious group at 200 foot depth, Jones Sound, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale rubbing tail on bottom of stream, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, hundreds swim and molt in freshwater shallows, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, hundreds swim and molt in freshwater shallows, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) pod swimming and molting in freshwater shallows, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Octopus (Octopus sp) baby swimming through water column

Flip Nicklin / Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) with tube feet extended into water to feed, California

Flip Nicklin / Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) portrait, North America

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Flip Nicklin / Tucuxi River Dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) in small lake, Brazil

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) pair underwater, Bahamas

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) trio surfacing, Shark Bay, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Iceberg, Antarctica

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) playing in shallow water, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calling, Waikoloa Hyatt, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumping, Hawaii, captive animal

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) pod with female snorkeler, Bahamas