Alex Mustard / Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) resting on a yellow sponge, in front of red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. Nor...

Franco Banfi / Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Alex Mustard / Red eye medusa (Polyorchis penicillatus) with hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarum). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Strawberry anemone (Utricina lofotensis) grows beneath Bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Detail of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gas-filled bladders (pneumatocysts) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Bertie Gregory / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) adult breaching, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Bertie Gregory / Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) floating amongst bull kelp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

David Pattyn / Temperate rainforest scenic with ancient Red cedar tree (Thuja plicata). Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

David Pattyn / Western Red Cedar trees (Thuja plicata) in temperate rainforest. Cathedral grove in MacMillan provincial park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

David Pattyn / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping, tail lob, lobtailing. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mountains silhouetted in fog, Knight Inlet, East Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Johnstone strait coastline, East coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July 2012.

Alex Mustard / Scenic view of a bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana) with sunlight shining through the fronds. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A portrait of a small Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) in front of its host pink anemone (out of focus because of the magnification). Browning Wall, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Islan...

Alex Mustard / Three hairy sea spiders (Tanystylum grossifemorum) feeding on red soft coral (Gersemia rubiformis). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island. British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Red eye medusa (Polyorchis penicillatus) with its feeding tentacles extended to catch planktonic prey. Note that the bell of the jelly has hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarum). Browning Pass, Van...

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Green surf anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) grow in shallow water below the temperate rain forest. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / The eye of a Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Alex Mustard / Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Matthew Maran / Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) leaping through water surface in front of forested coastline. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, September.

Brandon Cole / Scuba divers exploring the HMCS Saskatchewan, a 360' long shipwreck intentionally sunk outside Nanaimo on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. This wreck is now a phenomenal artificial reef, covered i...

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) stampede into the water. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, March.

Matthew Maran / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with a Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in its mouth. Ucluth Inlet, Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) male splashing into water. Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Matthew Maran / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) resting at the sea surface with paws in the air. Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, August.

Matthew Maran / A view of a forested inlet lit by low sunlight. Aggro Beach, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Waterfall on the the Darling River with a fallen tree as a bridge over the waters. West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Surfer Benj Yougson at Long Beach. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released

Matthew Maran / Driftwood on a beach with the coastline stretching to the horizon. Wickaninnish Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Matthew Maran / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with a Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in its mouth. West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, October.

Matthew Maran / Hikers talking as they warm themselves by a campfire on a beach. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Models released.

Matthew Maran / A man looking out to sea by coastal rock stacks. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Matthew Maran / A hiker building a fire at his campsite. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Matthew Maran / Hikers crossing a thin footbridge over a river. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010, model released

Matthew Maran / Hikers building up a fire in their cliff-overhang cave. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September, Model released

Matthew Maran / A man sitting in the cable car of a chair bridge as it crosses a river. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released

Matthew Maran / Two people pausing on a woodland path. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

Matthew Maran / People in a small boat with the sun setting on the horizon. Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010, model released

Matthew Maran / Detail of frost on Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata). Vancouver Island, Canada, March.

Mark Carwardine / Pacific white-sided dolphin / Lag (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) swimming fast, showing dorsal fin, Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, western Canada

Matthew Maran / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lob-tailing in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Matthew Maran / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, with Lennard Lighthouse flashing in the background. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Matthew Maran / Black bear (Ursus americanus) scratching its head. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Brandon Cole / Pacific white-sided dolphins porpoising at surface {Lagenorhynchus obliquidens} Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada NOT FOR SALE IN USA

Brandon Cole / Common / Harbour seal underwater {Phoca vitulina} Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada NOT FOR SALE IN USA