844-34123 - View of seal (sigillum) in Hout Bay Harbour, Hout Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

1242-602 - A nursing seal pup and sleeping mom, part of the seal colony at Tauranga Bay off Cape Foulwind, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

759-10596 - Tourists watching Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10593 - Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10592 - Tourists watching Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10590 - Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10588 - Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10587 - Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10579 - Tourists watching Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10578 - Tourists watching Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

759-10577 - Tourists watching Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Walvis Bay, Namibia

1112-7405 - A pod of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca), catching and killing an elephant seal in Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, California, United States of America, North America

1112-7399 - A pod of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca), catching and killing an elephant seal in Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, California, United States of America, North America

860-290693 - A crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga, resting on the ice, Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica. Antarctica.

746-91264 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91255 - Skinning of a hunted seal. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

746-91265 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91257 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91261 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91266 - Watching a breathing hole of a seal. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91267 - Watching a breathing hole of a seal. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91263 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91260 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91256 - Hunted and skinned seals. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

746-91259 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91286 - Skin of a seal. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

746-91262 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

746-91258 - Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

1350-6184 - A Southern Elephant Seal pup rests near trypots on Corinthian Bay, Heard Island, Antarctica

1350-6168 - An Elephant Seal Pup stares into my camera on Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Antarctica

1112-6506 - A pair of adult bull Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), fighting in Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic, Polar Regions

832-392991 - Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) resting on snow, Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

1350-286 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-280 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-256 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-244 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-293 - Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) at Seal River Lodge, coastal Hudson Bay, Churchill, MB, Canada

1350-318 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.

1112-5980 - A mother leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe with her newborn pup, Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-5979 - An adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on an ice floe in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-5939 - An adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-5938 - An adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-5936 - An adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-5940 - An adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

860-288711 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) on the ice, Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica.

860-288733 - Tourists in the warm waters of Whaler's Bay, Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Deception Island, Antarctica.

1345-31 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-44 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-28 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-17 - Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Right Whale Bay

1345-43 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-29 - Antarctic fur seal baby (Arctocephalus gazella) interacting with a photographer, Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-36 - Blond or gold morph Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-15 - Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

1345-37 - Blond or gold morph Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-30 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

1345-32 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Stromness Bay in South Georgia

832-390008 - Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), two juveniles on the beach, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

832-390007 - Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), adult, male, on beach, running, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

832-390009 - Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), three juveniles sitting in bushes, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

1112-5895 - Adult harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), hauled out on ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America

1112-5896 - Adult harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America

1112-5223 - Young southern elephant seals (Mirounga leoninar), sleeping near a river, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5218 - Southern elephant seal bull (Mirounga leoninar), throwing sand at breeding beach in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5228 - Female southern elephant sea (Mirounga leoninar), covered in sand on the beach in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5217 - Southern elephant seal bull (Mirounga leoninar), at breeding beach in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5224 - Young southern elephant seals (Mirounga leoninar), on the beach in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5145 - Juvenile leucistic Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-5138 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) mother nursing her pup, Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1167-2520 - Seal and seabird look at each other on a rock in the calm sea, near Alert Bay, Inside Passage, British Columbia, Canada, North America

1131-1484 - Male Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-4718 - Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), swimming in Girard Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-4709 - Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), from the National Geographic Explorer in Girard Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-4711 - Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), from the National Geographic Explorer in Girard Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-4701 - An adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice in Girard Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-4710 - Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), from the National Geographic Explorer in Girard Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1116-45928 - Harbor Seal Pup On Rock In Kukak Bay, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Alaska

1116-44895 - Elephant Seal (Aptenodytes Patagonicus) Lying Asleep On Sandy Beach With King Penguins (Aptenodytes Patagonicus) In The Background, Antarctica

1116-44877 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes Patagonicus) Walking On Beach Past An Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Gazella), Antarctica

1116-44856 - Close Up Of Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Gazella) On Beach With King Penguins In The Background, Anarctica

1116-44854 - Close Up Of Elephant Seal (Mirounga Leonina) Resting On Another, Antarctica

860-287589 - Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). Elephant seals fighting on the beach of St Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

1209-198 - Allathasdal Beach (Seal Bay), Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

1116-42337 - Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) Standing In Front Of A Group Of People Near Seal River Lodge On The Shore Of Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

1112-4154 - Female southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, nursing pup at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

1112-4143 - Adult bull southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, proboscis detail, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

832-381390 - Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route, District Eden, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

1116-40178 - Seals On Pier, San Francisco, Usa

1275-111 - Wild baby Australian Sea Lion resting on sand in the Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, Australia, Pacific

1275-106 - Coastal landscape at the Seal Bay Conservation Park on the Kangaroo Island, Australia, Pacific

796-2390 - Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America

1267-27 - Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea), on Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

741-5151 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) on the ice, Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1184-611 - Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) (carcinophagus) lies on its back on an ice floe in Hope Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1218-166 - Seal playing in Golden Bay, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

1112-3005 - A young Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on tussac grass in Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-3009 - Curious Antarctica fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella), underwater in Husvik Bay, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions

1112-3007 - Curious Antarctica fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella), underwater in Husvik Bay, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions

1112-3010 - Antarctica fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella), above and below underwater in Husvik Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-3008 - Curious Antarctica fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella), underwater in Husvik Bay, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions