921-830 - Wild Adult Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), new pup, fresh born. Slaty Back Gull picking at placenta and discharge from fresh born. endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water.Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-765 - Swarm, Hundreds of thousands of Whiskerd Auklets (Aethia pygmaea), returning from feeding in eavening. Yankicha Island, (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
917-248 - King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, with the mountains of South Georgia in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.
921-847 - Wild Male Northern fur seals, endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above and in water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-740 - Wild Large Male Northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), Colony, Endangered, part of massive colony, being territorial, Tyuleniy Islands (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia.
921-762 - Wild Male Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Solo, Endangered. Shimushir Island (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-827 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and Northern Fur Seal, endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water.Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-826 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water.Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-728 - Zodiacs with tourists with Wild Female Stella sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), Endangered, Solo, Bering Islands (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-358 - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) breaching, extremely rare unusual image. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: This Blue Whale was engaging in courting/fighting behaviour with another Blue Whale. Both animals were moving much faster than normal, chasing each other, & breaching repeatedly.
921-704 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing between bow head whale rib bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-839 - Wild Male Northern fur seals, endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above and in water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-828 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water.Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-242 - Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, more commonly seen hauled out on ice further South, this is a rare sighting on a South Georgia beach, South Atlantic Ocean
917-346 - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunge-feeding on Krill. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: Baleen Plates are visible on the top jaw & Krill can be seen escaping from the whales mouth.
921-764 - Swarm, Hundreds of thousands of Whiskerd Auklets (Aethia pygmaea), returning from feeding in eavening. Yankicha Island, (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-838 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-844 - Wild Large Male Northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), Solo, In water, Endangered, part of massive colony. Srednego Island (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
917-240 - Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, amongst normally coloured animals, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.
921-787 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-249 - King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, displaying, with the mountains of South Georgia in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.
921-768 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and Wild Male Northern fur seals, endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above and in water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-343 - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) adult animal fluking. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: The fluke of an adult Blue Whale can be over 20 feet across.
917-356 - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) breaching, extremely rare unusual image. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: This Blue Whale was engaging in courting/fighting behaviour with another Blue Whale. Both animals were moving much faster than normal, chasing each other, & breaching repeatedly.
921-725 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-401 - Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunge-feeding on Krill. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: Baleen Plates are visible on the top jaw & Krill can be seen escaping from the animals mouths.
921-842 - Wild Large Male Northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), Solo, In water, Endangered, part of massive colony. Srednego Island (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-726 - Wild Adult Male and Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water. Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
917-404 - Rissos Dolphin (Grampus griseus) adult and very young calf surfacing. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: This calf still displays foetal folds from when it was curled up inside the womb. It is probably only a couple of weeks old.