1112-11156 - Antarctic fur seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-11155 - Antarctic fur seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-11153 - Antarctic fur seal bulls (Arctocephalus gazella) fighting for mating territory on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-11150 - Antarctic fur seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-11145 - Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) mock-fighting on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-11080 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-11079 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-11077 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10746 - Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10744 - Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10741 - Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10735 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming near iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10734 - Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10732 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe in Neko Harbor near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10724 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10700 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) killing and eating a juvenile Adelie penguin at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10694 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10676 - A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-10560 - Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out to molt at Grytviken on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10552 - Huge adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10457 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) foraging at sea near South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10456 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10454 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10451 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10450 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10447 - Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in Fortuna Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10445 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10441 - Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in Fortuna Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10426 - Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in the kelp on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-10423 - Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-10086 - Young Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

1112-10072 - Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

802-845 - Seal pup, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

860-292706 - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) laying on the beach, England

860-292669 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) young playing , Carcass Island, Falkland

860-292665 - Crabeater seal on an iceberg. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.

860-292658 - Kayakist inear a Weddel seal in Andvord bay near Neko Harbour. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.

860-292643 - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean

860-292615 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

860-292614 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

860-292613 - Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

1112-9518 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9515 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9514 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9513 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9502 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull head detail at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

1112-9499 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull head detail (notice shredded proboscis) at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9495 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup lips being probed by a brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi), South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9491 - Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9489 - Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

1112-9486 - Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9482 - Adult beachmaster bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding female down with his weight, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-9481 - Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) showing slight aggression at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

1112-9419 - Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), on lichen-covered rocks in Hercules Bay on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

1112-9343 - Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-9342 - Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-9316 - Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-9315 - Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1112-9281 - Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt (moult) on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

1112-9260 - Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions

860-292472 - Portrait of young Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Lincolnshire, England

860-292465 - Portrait of Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Lincolnshire, England

860-292447 - Portrait of Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Lincolnshire, England

860-292226 - Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), resting on ice floe. Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Detaille Island

860-292225 - Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), resting on ice floe. Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Detaille Island

860-292187 - Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) moulting on Macquarie Island, Tasmania

860-292065 - Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). Social contact. Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Skeleton Coast, Dorob National Park, Namibia.

860-291620 - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the water, winter, Pas-de-Calais, Opal Coast, France

860-291523 - Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) resting on a sandbank in winter, Opal Coast, France

860-291521 - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the water in winter, Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais, France

1350-6536 - A curious juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) in turbid emerald waters with sunlight, ripples and kelp in the background. Farne Islands, England.

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

860-290703 - Southern elephant seal pup, Mirounga leonina, resting on a beach. Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

860-290113 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female on rock with a seal in the mouth, Raudfjord, Spitsbergen

860-290180 - Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Cape Cross, Namibia

860-290181 - Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Cape Cross, Namibia

860-290179 - Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Cape Cross, Namibia

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.

1350-318 - 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.

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

860-288722 - A leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, feeding on a gentoo penguin, Petermann Island, Antarctica.

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

1116-49660 - Encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (endemic and endangered) are few and far between. Here a monk seal shares a patch of sand with a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also an endangered species, off Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

860-288029 - Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on the beach of Ulva Island in New Zealand wich is "predatory free" because cleared of introduced mammals predators. The Leopard seal is fairly regular in the area and it was really amazing to observe it on a beach and not in the middle of the Antarctic ice.

860-287778 - Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata), fighting males. Canada

860-287686 - Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) group swimming, Noadibou, Mauritania

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

860-287685 - Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) group swimming, Nouadhibou, Mauritania

860-287385 - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus). A Grey Seal changes angle to avoid the incoming sandstorm off the coast of Lincolnshire in the UK.

860-287378 - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus). A Grey Seal tolerates an ongoing sandstorm off the coast of Lincolnshire in the UK.

860-287068 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with seal carcass on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

860-287067 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with seal carcass on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

860-287069 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with seal carcass on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

860-287066 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) eating a seal on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

860-287064 - Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on a piece of ice, Fuglefjord, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

860-285735 - Bearded seal at rest on ice, Barter Island Alaska USA

860-285734 - Portrait of Bearded seal on ice, Barter Island Alaska USA