917-418 - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf raising its left flipper into the air. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: The animals left eye can be seen.
917-416 - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf raising its left flipper into the air. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: The animals left eye is also visible.
995-348 - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female half body shot with flipper up on rock while surveying pup. Female has wet fur.. Mull of Kintyre near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK
917-189 - Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, breaching right in front of the photographer. Note the scar above the right pectoral flipper which has been caused by the Remora. Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.
969-172 - Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) at the surface to breath with blow hole open. Characteristic white bands on the flipper visible thorugh the water. Hebrides, Scotlan
969-173 - Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surfacing towards the camera with characteristic white bands on each flipper visible through the water. Hebrides, Scotland
969-72 - Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) surfacing at speed in very calm waters. Eye, beak, flipper and dorsal fin visible above the surface. Hebrides, West coast of Scotland.
969-175 - Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surfacing for air with characteristic white bands on its flippers visible through the water on each side . Hebrides, Scotland
969-171 - Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) at the surface to breath with blow hole open. Characteristic white bands on the flipper visible thorugh the water. Hebrides, Scotland (1 of 2 images).
979-1140 - Newborn southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica
979-1467 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1616 - A banded Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) resting among gentoo and chinstrap colonies on Barrentos Island in the Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1472 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1474 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1526 - Adult gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) jumping from and onto ice covered island at Mikkelsen Point on Trinity Island in the northern portion of the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Southern Ocean
979-712 - Curious sub-adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) interacting by rolling and approaching time and again in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Ocean. (RR)
979-678 - Curious sub-adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) interacting by rolling and approaching time and again in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Ocean. (RR)
979-4423 - Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, Rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks. This behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.
979-1468 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1471 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1615 - A banded Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) resting among gentoo and chinstrap colonies on Barrentos Island in the Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-679 - Curious sub-adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) interacting by rolling and approaching time and again in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Ocean. (RR)
979-1617 - A banded adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) watches as a gentoo penguin approaches an ice cornice on Barrentos Island in the Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-9555 - Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) off Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Notice the monofilament line caught between the left front flipper and the head of this turtle.
979-3680 - Curious Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) nibbling snorkelers fin underwater at the Guy Fawkes Islets, Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean
979-1473 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1139 - Newborn southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica
979-1476 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1182 - A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, Southern Ocean
979-1475 - Lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among colonies of both gentoo and chinstrap penguins on Barrentos Island, Aitcho Island Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-1524 - Adult gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) jumping from an ice covered island at Mikkelsen Point on Trinity Island in the northern portion of the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Southern Ocean