1112-10615 - Adult macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) plunging into the sea leaving their breeding colony at Elsehul on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
1112-10091 - Young Galapagos sea lion bulls (Zalophus wollebaeki) mock-fighting in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1387-265 - An unusual sea star (Linckia laevigata) clings to a diverse reef near the island of Bangka, Indonesia. This beautiful, tropical region is home to an incredible variety of marine life.
1387-243 - A beautiful set of tiny tunicates grows on a reef in Indonesia.This tropical region, within the Coral Triangle, is home to an incredible variety of marine life.
1112-9263 - Adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), carrying rock in its beak at breeding colony at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1116-39953 - This hard coral colony in the Pacific has begun to bleach, expelling its symbiotic zooxanthellae, consequences of global climate change and climate warming, Yap, Micronesia
832-369336 - Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in front of a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
869-4672 - globular alga volvox is found in ponds and ditches Up to 1000 single-celled green algae each one with a tiny pair of whip-like tails are linked together to form a hollow sphere Inside this sphere you can see smaller daugther-colonies which eventually come free when the original colony disintegrates magnification 60x at 5x7