Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) leaping, watched by tourists from Stubbs Island charter boat, Johnstone Strait, northeast Vancouver Island, Canada

Norbert Wu / Leaf Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus), a colorful variation of the goose-neck barnacle found only in Nakwakto Rapids and a few other places, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Toxicologist Pierre Beland with dead, pregnant Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, possibly killed by toxic pollution, Tadoussac, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, being tagged with satellite transmitter, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, measure a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, measure a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, weighing a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) pod, watched by tourists from Stubbs Island charter boat, Johnstone Strait, northeast Vancouver Island, Canada

Mark Moffett / Researchers collecting insects in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Carmanah Valley, Vancouver, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) surfaces near a tour boat full of tourists, Wager Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Salmon (Oncorhynchus sp) being netted to collect eggs and sperm for Tofino hatchery which raises and releases farmed fry to enhance wild populations, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Salmon (Oncorhynchus sp) being netted to collect eggs and sperm for Tofino hatchery which raises and releases farmed fry to enhance wild populations, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada