Billy Black / Family cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Port de Bram, southern France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Boat passing under a bridge on the Canal Du Midi, Le Somail, France. July 2009. Model released.

Billy Black / Woman on boat passing through a tunnel on the Canal Du Midi near Capestang, Languedoc, France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Family cruising under a bridge on the Canal Du Midi near Capestang, Languedoc, France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Girls feeding mallard ducks from the bow of a boat, cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Capestang, southern France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Two boats cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Capestang, Languedoc, France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Family cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Aiguille, southern France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple sailing a Sunsail yacht in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Woman dangling her legs over the side of a Sunsail yacht sailing in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Sunsail yacht sailing in the British Virgin Islands, approaching another yacht that is covered with flags. March 2006, model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple helming a Sunsail yacht in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple helming a Sunsail yacht sailing in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple relaxing on the stern of a Sunsail yacht in the British Virgin Islands, with friends kayaking. March 2006, Model and property released.

Billy Black / Woman relaxing on a lilo in the shallows. British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Friends in a tender beside a Sunsail catamaran moored in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Sunsail team instructor teaching a man how to sail aboard a Sunsail Oceanis 393 in the British Virgin Islands. April 2006, Model and property released.

Billy Black / Friends in a tender approaching a beach in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Tributary flowing through woodlands. Kennebunkport, Maine, USA, August 2010.

Billy Black / Two starfish in half Oyster (Lophia folium) shell lying on bed of seaweed. Pumpkin Island, Maine, USA.

Billy Black / Westerhall Bay, near St George's, Grenada, Caribbean, January 2010.

Billy Black / Conch (Strombidae) shell on deck, Grenada, Caribbean.

Billy Black / Misty sunrise over water scattered with lobster buoys. Robinhood, Maine, USA, July 2010.

Billy Black / Rain shower across Sandy Island, the Grenadines, Caribbean, January 2010.

Billy Black / Figure beneath rainbow on Sandy Island, near Carriacou Island, the Grenadines, Caribbean, January 2010.

Billy Black / Girls feeding mallard ducks from a boat cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Capestang, Languedoc, France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Millie the dog wearing lifejacket in inflatable boat, watching the finish of the 2009 OSTAR.

Billy Black / Millie the dog wearing lifejacket on pontoon, next to a sign that reads "Members only Visitors must land at West Dock".

Billy Black / Millie the dog wearing lifejacket in compartment on yacht, beside cameras.

Billy Black / Millie the dog wearing lifejacket in the cabin of a motorboat.

Billy Black / Millie the dog (Canis familiaris) wearing sailing jacket aboard a yacht.

Billy Black / Friends walking in the British Virgin Islands, with yachts moored offshore, April 2006. Model released.

Billy Black / Mist over Deception Pass, Whidbey Island, San Juan Islands, Washington State, 2005.

Billy Black / Rocks viewed from underwater, British Virgin Islands, March 2006.

Billy Black / Friends and a dog sailing a Hunter 146 dinghy near Mystic, Connecticut, USA. August 2004. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Headlight lighthouse, Portland, Maine.

Billy Black / Great Egret (Ardea alba) in Wakula Springs National Forest, Florida.

Billy Black / Mixed breed dog (Canis familiaris) in tethered tender, Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island. June 2005.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Endangered male Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), aged 29, named Billy, eating grass, at Los Angeles Zoo, USA. Captivity.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Endangered male Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), aged 29, named Billy at Los Angeles Zoo, USA. Captivity.

Yves Lanceau / Domestic goat (Capra hircus) Poitevine male, walking in dry grassland, France.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) named Billy at Parque Jaime Duque near Bogota, Colombia. Vulnerable species.