1116-39726 - The Bubble Coral Shrimp (Vir philippinensis) is found only on this species of coral, Pleurogyra sinuosa. The brown oval objects are actually Acoel Flatworms (Waminoa sp) that feed on nutrients trapped in mucus covering the coral, Philippines
1116-39723 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse, camouflaged in coral. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Van
1116-39946 - An extreme close-up of a Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse (Acentronura tentaculata), which is also know as a Hairy Pygmy Pipehorse, Dumaguete, Philippines
1116-39721 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Great Bar
1112-1925 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) female ready to give birth, Stromness Harbor, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
832-164691 - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, HKW, House of World Cultures, with bronze sculpture "Large Divided Oval: Butterfly" by Henry Moore, former Berlin Congress Hall, the "pregnant oyster", built for the Internationale Bauausstellung Interbau 1957 International Bui
979-9286 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9287 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9279 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9283 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9278 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9277 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9281 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9285 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9289 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9284 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9282 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9276 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9280 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
817-115139 - Danielle Haressema, left, a Canadian residency doctor, performs an ultrasound on a patient in the labour ward at the Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe
817-115191 - Loveness Kunde near the half way point in delivering her son at the Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe, She stoically delivers the child with a minimum of sound and without the aid of drugs, Loveness is HIV positive
817-27520 - Teva Victor, son of Paul-Emile Victor, with family on an islet named 'Private island' where he runs a rental house, Bora Bora island, French Polynesia , South pacific (editorial only)
797-4633 - Female health worker examining a pregnant woman in a mobile clinic, Children and woman seen outside through open door, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
797-2742 - GHANA Volta Region Cropped shot of woman thirty six weeks pregnant wearing brightly coloured sarong and with her hands folded in her lap beneath her belly. Colored Leis