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Orcas, which live worldwide, hunt a variety of prey, from fish to seals to sharks.
Orcas are one of many sea creatures that migrate through the high seas. A new U.N. treaty allows countries to create internationally-managed protected areas to protect species that live outside an individual country's jurisdiction.
A humpback cow and calf are joined by two males in the Cook Islands. Males escort females with calves in hopes that they will be the next ones to mate with the mothers. Calves emit soft, whisper-like squeaks. Adult males sing in low, guttural moans and high-pitched whoops and screeches.
Red mangroves within the South Water Caye Marine Reserve in Pelican Beach, Belize. The reserve covers 184 square miles of mangrove and coastal ecosystems.
A Caribbean reef shark swims over a coral reef in the Bahamas. This photo appeared in a March 2007 story documenting the 40 species of sharks found in the Bahamas, and was appropriately called "Blue Waters of the Bahamas: An Eden for Sharks."
A loggerhead turtle swims in Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize. Loggerheads can weigh upwards of 400 pounds and live into their 60s.
Rough seas in the south central Pacific Ocean. The Phoenix Island Protected Area is in the Republic of Kiribati.
A whitetip reef shark swims over regrown coral in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, in the Republic of Kiribati. Kiribati straddles the equator about midway between Australia and Hawaii.
Black margates school off the reef at Hol Chan Marine Reserve, the oldest in Belize. It was created in 1987.
Protected elkhorn corals, brain corals and purple sea fans at Buck Island Reef National Monument, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.