860-290424 - Sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus). Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, Mediterranean Sea
860-290027 - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf resting on its mother swimming around the island of Rurutu in the Austral Archipelago in French Polynesia.
860-289796 - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with calf, Reunion, overseas department and region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island in East Africa
860-289977 - Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) is a baleen whale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same group as blue whales and humpback whales. Mirissa, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
860-289799 - Flying White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) Reunion, overseas department and region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island in East Africa
860-289867 - Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, 27 miles northeast of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
860-290377 - France. Hunting. The European commission has adopted in january 2021 a ban on using lead 100m around any wetland in Europe. So far in France, the ban is only 30m. In the future, the lead will be totally banned as 6000 tons of lead is put into nature by hunters every year causing death of thousands of birds (here a mallard) eating lead balls.
860-289864 - Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, 27 miles northeast of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
860-289927 - Girl observing birds through binoculars, etang de la Veronne, Etangs du Malsaucy et de la Veronne trail, Sermamagny, Territoire de Belfort, France
860-289866 - Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, 27 miles northeast of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
860-289798 - Adult, female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Reunion, overseas department and region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island in East Africa
860-289980 - Tail of Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) is the largest animal ever known to have existed. This may be the pygmy sub-species of blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean Photo taken under permit
860-290064 - Coral reef in the lagoon in Mayotte. A week end in Mayotte, along the S pass to admire the reef and the magnificent corals that compose it.
860-290158 - Mid-air-mid-water view of the Burles spring, karstic exsurgence of Vauclusian type, on the commune of sainte-Enimie, Lozere, Occitania, France.
860-289962 - Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus). Small slug that measures only about 2 cm and is generally associated with the Portuguese man of war (Physalia physalis), although it also usually appears in intertidal pools. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.
860-290320 - Song of the ash cranes (Grus grus) at dawn on a beach of the Loire, the cranes wake up and will not trade to fly away at sunrise, Loire Valley, France
860-289802 - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with calf, Reunion, overseas department and region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island in East Africa
860-289865 - Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, 27 miles northeast of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
860-289803 - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with calf rising from the bottom, Reunion, overseas department and region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island in East Africa
860-289978 - Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) is a baleen whale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same group as blue whales and humpback whales. Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
860-290422 - Snorkeler with Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), one of the three species found in Mediterranean Sea. Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, Mediterranean Sea