One of hundreds of shoes that have washed ashore in Papahānaumokuākea. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
Just above high-tide line where a variety of marine debris has collected. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
Juvenile boobies use the broken National Wildlife Refuge sign as a perch on Southeast Island. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
An endangered Laysan Finch among scattered marine debris. (Pearl and Hermes Atoll)
Some of the seas and skies encountered while boating around the atoll during a multiple-month science field season. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
A young Hawaiian monk seal learning how to be a seal in the shallows of Eastern Island. ( Midway Atoll )
Wildlife encounters in the Hawaiian monk seal field camp: noddy terns perch, and poop on, every possible surface (upper left), black-footed albatross chicks nest in the sand on the shoreline (upper right), an endangered Laysan finch invades the kitc
A white tern resting on a styrofoam buoy. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal sleeps near a massive marine debris buoy that washed ashore on Seal-Kittery Island. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
A yearling Hawaiian monk seal sleeps with marine debris bottles. (Pearl and Hermes)
Growing larger, this Hawaiian monk seal pup calls for another meal of its mother's milk. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
Ghost nets damage coral by drifting and catching on reefs. They also become dangerous entanglement hazards to local wildlife. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
A young Hawaiian monk seal sleeps half-submerged in the calm lagoon of Southeast Island. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
A Hawaiian monk seal peacefully asleep in the lagoon on Southeast Island. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
Black-footed albatross mates dance in a orchestrated routine after reuniting on the beach. ( Pearl and Hermes Atoll )
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