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
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.
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.
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.
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.
921-840 - Wild Large Male Northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), Solo, In water, Endangered, part of massive colony. Srednego Island (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-837 - Swarm, Hundreds of thousands of Whiskerd Auklets (Aethia pygmaea), returning from feeding in eavening. Yankicha Island, (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia
921-769 - Wild Adult Male Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water. Srednego Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.
921-634 - Wild Large Male Northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), Solo, Endangered, part of massive colony, being territorial, Bering Islands (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia.
921-636 - Wild Adult Females 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.
979-8963 - The tiny settlement at Hattarv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k on remote Fugloy Island in the extreme Northeast part of the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
979-8045 - Hunter's cabin at Gn%lodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
979-9262 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
979-7139 - Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick head detail at colony on Useful Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica. Their name derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other names for them are "Ringed Penguins", "Bearded Penguins", and "Stonecracker Penguins" due to their harsh call. They grow to 68 cm (27 in). The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 4.5 kg (10 lbs). Weight can range from 3 to 6 kg (6.6-13.2 lbs), with males being slightly larger and weight varying based on where the penguin is in the breeding cycle. Their diet consists of krill, shrimp, and fish. On land they build circular nests from stones, and lay two eggs, which are incubated by both the male and the female for shifts of five to ten days. They can also breed on icebergs, though they prefer non-icy conditions. The chicks hatch after about 35 days, and have fluffy gray backs and white fronts. The chicks stay in the nest for 20?30 days before they go to join a creche. At around 50?60 days old, they moult, gaining their adult plumage and go to sea. The Chinstrap Penguin was first described by German naturalist Forster in 1781. Its specific epithet was often seen as antarctica, however a 2002 review determined the genus Pygoscelis was masculine, and hence the correct binomial name is Pygoscelis antarcticus.
979-1115 - Adult Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) resting in a tidepool on the fringing reef at Midway atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Ocean.
979-9237 - Adult green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) underwater off the west side of Isabela Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-9241 - Adult green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) underwater off the west side of Isabela Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-1819 - Adult yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) on the wing in the oceanic waters surrounding the Tristan da Cunha Island Group in the South Atlantic Ocean.
979-94 - Atlantic Spotted Dolphin pod (Stenella frontalis) underwater on the Little Bahama Banks, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
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979-8402 - A curious cow calf and escort humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) approach the boat underwater in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean.
979-89 - Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) calf on the Little Bahama Banks, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
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979-1823 - Adult yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) on the wing near a Great Shearwater in the oceanic waters surrounding the Tristan da Cunha Island Group in the South Atlantic Ocean.
979-9357 - Lindblad Expeditions guests on board the National Geographic Explorer with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice, Antarctica
979-8962 - The tiny settlement at Hattarv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k on remote Fugloy Island in the extreme Northeast part of the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
979-9327 - View of the Vicker's gun emplacement outside Stanley (formerly known as "Port Stanley"), the capital and only true city (with a cathedral) in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-7109 - An adult Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus) foraging at low tide on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean