Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding crop milk to chick, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, July. Bookplate.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) courtship display, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January. Bookplate.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock moving to other parts of the lagoon in search of food, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January. Bookplate.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Bookplate.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) courtship display, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding crop milk to chick, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings, watched by adult, at nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings on nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) standing on nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, July

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) adults and chicks in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding crop milk to chick, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick peering from under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Bookplate.

Shane Gross / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules / plantlets which become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree to drift away and establish a new tree. Bahamas.

Andy Murch / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) swimming below surface at sunset. South Bimini Island, Bahamas.

Andy Murch / Little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato). Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Andy Murch / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) surfacing with open mouth. Tiger Beach, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas.

Andy Murch / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) mouth wide open, feeding in shallow water, surrounded by fish. South Bimini Island, Bahamas.

Claudio Contreras / Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) juvenile cleaning Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter), Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean region, Mexico, May

Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming in mangrove habitat near blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a prey species for the shark. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) trying to feed on the leaves of a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). As pups, the sharks have to learn to hunt for themselves and sometimes make mistakes....

Shane Gross / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) seagrass bed. The Bahamas.

Alex Mustard / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) shows off its teeth. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Giant hogfish (Bodianus macrognathos) male yawning at a cleaning station run by juvenile Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea...

Claudio Contreras / Cuban Iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila), Guanahacabibes Peninsula National Park, Pinar del Rio Province, western Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus), Guanahacabibes Peninsula National Park, Pinar del Rio Province, western Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) couple feeding on coral, Guanahacabibes Peninsula National Park, Pinar del Rio Province, western Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides doceleguas), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Cuban / Clouded rock iguana (Cyclura nubila), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) with hook, Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), and Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), and Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi) group of three, Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni), Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba.

Claudio Contreras / Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum), on featherstar, Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba.

Alex Mustard / A shiver of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) swim over a coral reef with Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Que...

Alex Mustard / A vibrant Caribbean coral reef with two Reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) and Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen Nat...

Shane Gross / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over sand ripples, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) hunting on a reef off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.