About the Author

DENISE NIELSEN TACKETT and LARRY TACKETT are underwater photojournalists and biological collectors for medical research. For the past decade, they have studied reefs throughout Indonesia, Belau, Papua New Guinea, the Maldives, Seychelles, Malaysia, Comoros, Mauritius, and elsewhere. Their work frequently appears in leading dive periodicals, nature documentaries, and natural history calendars. When not doing fieldwork, they make their home in Paden City, West Virginia.