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.
975-75 - Retro style Public telephone, with weather-worn telephone directories and a post-it note stuck to the inside. Roadside amenity in the Alaskan Interior. The Interior, Alaska, USA
979-1227 - Adult bull California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) hauled out (note the well developed sagital crest denoting a male) at Race Rocks, British Columbia, Canada.
979-2028 - Adult Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) foraging at low tide on Isla Magdalena, Baja, Mexico. Note the characteristic golden feet and black legs, the field characteristics of this species.
979-2952 - Juvenile brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the uniform drab brown coloration of the juvenile plumage.
979-2953 - Adult brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the yellowish head, red gular pouch, and white neck of the adult.
979-1088 - Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) mother (note the wet nipples where her pup has been nursing) on ice calved from the Sawyer Glaciers in Tracy arm, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-365 - Sub-adult Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing (note the peeling skin) near Isla San Pedro Martir in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico
979-823 - Adult Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive - note the damage to the right fluke - in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-514 - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive (note the Orca tooth rake marks on the right side of the tail) in Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA.
979-311 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) surfacing in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-3753 - An adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping (note the eye above water) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-9477 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-760 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-315 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) bow riding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-764 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-2951 - Adult brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the yellowish head, red gular pouch, and white neck of the adult.
979-759 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-2197 - Detail of a melting iceberg (note the dripping icicles) grounded at Heroina Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Note the snowy sheathbill on top of the iceberg.
979-1837 - Adult Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) head detail in breeding plumage (note the very dark neck) fishing near Isla Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2955 - Two juvenile brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) behind an adult in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the uniform drab brown coloration of the juvenile plumage.
979-405 - Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) fluke-up dive - note extreme scarring and damage to right fluke - in Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific side of the Baja Penninsula. Pacific Ocean.
979-312 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) surfacing in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-307 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) bow riding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-1359 - Close-up details (note skin chromatophores and suckers on arm) from a dissection of a Humbolt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-761 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-364 - Young Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) spy-hopping (note the sloughing skin) in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-9478 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-762 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-433 - California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing (note eye and mouthline) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
979-816 - Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding (head detail - note the white lower jaw) in the rich waters off the continental shelf, Bear Island, Barents Sea, Norway
979-1248 - Northern Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) - also called Steller Sea Lions - hauled out in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the animals in the foreground branded by researchers.
979-354 - Adult Sperm Whale bull (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing (note tooth rake marks on melon) in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-1836 - Adult Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in breeding plumage (note the very dark neck) fishing near Isla Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-137 - Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) leaping - note reflection on perfectly calm water surface -in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2344 - The National Geographic Endeavour breaking through new fast ice around the Antarctic Peninsula. Note the orange hull paint left on the ice where the bow has pushed through.
979-2060 - Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) skull (note the cusped teeth) on the beach near the Antarctic Peninsula. Weddell seals used to be hunted as food for dog sled teams.
979-765 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-66 - Adult Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) surfacing (note the fresh wound at the base of the dorsal fin) off the southern coast of Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-2184 - Close up views of glacial ice and ash after the 1969 eruption on Deception Island in Antarctica. Note the suspended ash being deposited in small stalagmites as the ice melts.
979-435 - Adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note barnacles and whale lice) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
979-434 - California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing (note eye and mouthline) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
979-308 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) surfacing (note characteristic "rooster tail" splash from body) in the San Juan Islands, Washington State, USA.
979-7903 - Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at cleaning station (note fishing hook embedded in mouth) at Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA
979-1312 - Young Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) leaping in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note: other common names include Maha Mahi (Hawaiian) and Dorado (Spanish).
979-637 - Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding (note the herring jumping to get away inside the whales mouth) in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-5506 - Adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing (note tiny dorsal fin) in the middle Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-222 - Adult bull Orca - also called Killer Whale - (Orcinus orca) surfacing in the calm waters of Southeast Alaska, USA. Note the exceptionally tall dorsal fin - the field diagnostic for a mature male Orca.
979-2188 - Close up views of glacial ice and ash after the 1969 eruption on Deception Island in Antarctica. Note the melting ice dropping suspended ash onto the beach.
979-1313 - Young Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) leaping in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note: other common names include Maha Mahi (Hawaiian) and Dorado (Spanish).
979-2129 - Aerial view of the Alaskan purse-seiner fishery for wild salmon off Point Augustus, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA. Note how full the net is of wild salmon as the net is retrieved onboard.
979-62 - Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) mother and calf (note exceptional light color of calf) surfacing in the AuAu Channel off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-1749 - Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on the water around the Antarctic Peninsula. Note the light coloration of the plumage of this animal.
979-2186 - Close up views of glacial ice and ash after the 1969 eruption on Deception Island in Antarctica. Note how the ash is suspended within the ice itself. Here ash is falling from the flow above.
979-417 - Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note the barnacles and whale lice - Cyamus scammoni - on the skin) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.
979-9479 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-763 - Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.
979-306 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) surfacing in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-313 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) bow riding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-314 - Adult Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) bow riding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Note: Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans in the world!
979-2081 - The dilapidated cannery site at Butedale, British Columbia, Canada. Note the way the forest has reclaimed this cannery site from the 20th century.
979-47 - Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) leaping off the coast of Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Note the remora attached to the chest and damage it has caused! Pacific Ocean.
979-2958 - Adult Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) perched on a rock at Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the metalic green coloration and blue on the beak. (rr)
979-2185 - Close up views of glacial ice and ash after the 1969 eruption on Deception Island in Antarctica. Note how the ash is suspended within the ice itself.
979-2954 - Adult brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the yellowish head, red gular pouch, and white neck of the adult.
979-9476 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-9475 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-2944 - Juvenile double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) in Magdalena Bay between Isla Magdalena and the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Note the light chest and neck in juveniles.
979-1906 - Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight - note the all-black body and red gular sack - near the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.
979-9474 - Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-3752 - An adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping (note the eye above water) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-1968 - Adult female eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway. Note the fishing hook in this animals beak.