Ralph Pace / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) group and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) group and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) carcass, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) carcass, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, new growth, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) playing with discarded N-95 mask in kelp forest, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Comb Jelly (Leucothea multicornis), Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii, sequence 2 of 4

Ralph Pace / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) group, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Ralph Pace / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) in kelp forest, Monterey, California

Ralph Pace / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), Monterey, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf with escort, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhynchus) male caught on fishing line, California

Ralph Pace / Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) egg case and embryo, Monterey, California

Ralph Pace / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), San Diego, California

Ralph Pace / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to nest during arribada, Playa de Escobilla Sanctuary, Oaxaca, Mexico

Ralph Pace / Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), Reviliagigedo Island, Mexico

Ralph Pace / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and Black-tip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) group working with Yellowfin Tuna...

Ralph Pace / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and Black-tip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) group working with Yellowfin Tuna...

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female courting, Maui, Hawaii, image taken under NMFS Permit # 19225

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and photographer Ralph Pace, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Photographer Ralph Pace with sea turtle

Ralph Pace / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatchling, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Ralph Pace / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) dead albino hatchling, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Ralph Pace / Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) near beach, Monterey Bay, Aptos, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) diving next to kayaker, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) carcass, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing with kayaker, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)barren. Urchins have overtaken kelp forest, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) playing with fin from diver, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Squid (Loligo opalescens) group mating, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Squid (Loligo opalescens) group mating, with egg cases on ocean floor, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Squid (Loligo opalescens) group mating, with egg cases on ocean floor, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Squid (Loligo opalescens) male clasping female for mating, with egg cases on ocean floor, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) embryo in mermaid's purse, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) embryo in mermaid's purse, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) group, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) on kelp, California

Ralph Pace / Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on flower nectar, San Diego, California

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother pushing sleeping calf to surface, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii, sequence 3 of 4

Ralph Pace / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in mangroves, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother sailing, with calf, Maui, Hawaii

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group, Maui, Hawaii