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| Great hammerhead shark. Image ID: 31966 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas | Two tiger sharks. Image ID: 31875 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks. Image ID: 31880 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Tiger shark and underwater photographer. Image ID: 31877 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark. Image ID: 31883 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01006 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA | A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Image ID: 02286 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA | Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. Image ID: 10550 Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas |
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| Tiger shark. Image ID: 10648 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark. Image ID: 31897 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini. Image ID: 31901 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Great hammerhead shark. Image ID: 31968 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas | Caribbean reef shark. Image ID: 31977 Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas | Caribbean reef shark swims over sponges and coral reef. Image ID: 31978 Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas |
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| Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16271 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21348 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Tiger shark and underwater photographer. Image ID: 31876 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini. Image ID: 31878 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16255 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Photographing down the throat of a tiger shark with a Gopro on a selfie-stick. Image ID: 31879 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark. Image ID: 31881 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark and underwater cameraman Jonathan Bird filming for television documentary. Image ID: 31882 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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