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Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seal...
Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula MORE INFO Crabeater seals often exhibit spiral scarring on their bodies, most likely from attacks by leopard seals, or more rarely, killer whales These seals also often have red stains around their mouths from eating krill The crabeater seal, at a population of 15 to 75 millio
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern ...
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Male pups begin m
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull for the right to mate at Gold Harbour, South Ge...
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull for the right to mate at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Young adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina close up at breeding site at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island i...
Young adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina close up at breeding site at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, young resting on washed up seaweed, high tide, North Sea, Duene, Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, ...
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, young resting on washed up seaweed, high tide, North Sea, Duene, Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe
Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgi...
Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern ...
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Male pups begin m
Young Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus lolling on a beach, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc
Atlantic Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus pup rolling around on the beach at Helgoland Island, North Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, ...
Atlantic Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus pup rolling around on the beach at Helgoland Island, North Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pups sleeping on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Sout...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pups sleeping on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pup with molting king penguins on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia I...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pup with molting king penguins on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus, female with young which is some weeks old and starting to change coat
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on ice floe with Lindblad Expedition guests in the Enterprise Islands near the Antarct...
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on ice floe with Lindblad Expedition guests in the Enterprise Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.
New zealand fur seal - Arctocephalus forsteri - colony at Shag point, South Island, New Zealand
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsu...
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is second only to the Orca as apex predator, feeding on other seals as well as penguins an
Adult southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina catastrophic molting on the beach at South Georgia in the Southern Ocean MORE ...
Adult southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina catastrophic molting on the beach at South Georgia in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals
Bearded Seal or Square Flipper Seal Erignathus barbatus on an ice floe, Spitsbergen, Norway
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Ant...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6 5 m and a weight of 3,700 kg A rema
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus, female, Schleswig_Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park, North Sea, Schleswig_Holstein, Germa...
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus, female, Schleswig_Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park, North Sea, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Harp seal pup yellowcoat 0 to 3 days old on ice Phoca groenlandicus Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada
Battle-scarred adult ´beachmaster´ bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bellowing to challenger bull at breeding site...
Battle-scarred adult ´beachmaster´ bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bellowing to challenger bull at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur, Antarctica This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6 5 m and a weight of 3,700 kg A
Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish ...
Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish surveyor who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site The settlement at Grytviken was established on Novem
Battle-scarred adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting in the sea at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in ...
Battle-scarred adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting in the sea at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Crabeater seal Lobodon c...
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica MORE INFO Crabeater seals often exhibit spiral scarring on their bodies, most likely from attacks by leopard seals, or more rarely, killer whales These seals also often have red stains around their mouths from eating krill The crabeater seal, at a population of 15 to 75 million is perhaps the sec
Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi, Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Isands, Hawaii, United States of America
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Sou...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirou...
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fiercely for breeding right
Close up of a Male Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, Schleswig_Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park, North Sea, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Group of Harp Seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus, Phoca groenlandica), on drift ice, pack ice
Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx with Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer at Brown Bluff on the Antarct...
Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx with Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup lips being probed by a brown skua Catharacta lonnbergi for left over milk from nu...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup lips being probed by a brown skua Catharacta lonnbergi for left over milk from nursing at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc
Young Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina hauled out at the abandonded whaling station at Grytviken on the island of Sout...
Young Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina hauled out at the abandonded whaling station at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus on a beach in dune grass, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Grey Seals Halichoerus grypus, mother with pup, Heligoland, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirou...
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fiercely for breeding right
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Isla...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Friendly southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pup close up on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus and Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, young animals, resting on the beach at high tide, North Sea, Due...
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus and Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, young animals, resting on the beach at high tide, North Sea, Duene, Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus, on the beach of the island of Heligoland, Helgoland, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Tourist watching harp seal pup on ice Phoca groenlandicus Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada
Dead southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Oce...
Dead southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Dead southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus, on the beach of the island of Heligoland, Helgoland, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
New zealand fur seal - Arctocephalus forsteri - colony at Shag point, South Island, New Zealand
Harp seal pup white coat 4 to 14 days old on ice Phoca groenlandicus Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada
Female Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Subantarctic, Antarctica
White harp seal baby Saddleback seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus , not older then 12 days, on the ice floe of Gulf of St. Lawre...
White harp seal baby Saddleback seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus , not older then 12 days, on the ice floe of Gulf of St. Lawrence, of Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada.
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Gr...
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica Newborns exhibit a dark brown ´lanugo´ coat for about three weeks, which is then replaced by a silver-grey coat
Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) pair - possible mating, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.
Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish ...
Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish surveyor who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site The settlement at Grytviken was established on Novem
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull during mating at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, S...
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull during mating at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctic...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica
Adult bearded seal Erignathus barbatus swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO Bearded seals a...
Adult bearded seal Erignathus barbatus swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO Bearded seals are the primary food source for the polar bear Ursus maritimus It feeds primarily on clams, squid, and fish along the bottom
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctic...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica
Southern elephant seal bulls Mirounga leonina challenging each other for territory at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atla...
Southern elephant seal bulls Mirounga leonina challenging each other for territory at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern ...
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Male pups begin m
Adult beachmaster bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina holding female down with his weight at breeding site at Moltke...
Adult beachmaster bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina holding female down with his weight at breeding site at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus resting on the beach of the island of Heligoland, Helgoland, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Seals Phoca vitulina rest on sand bank in the Wadden Sea, North Sea, UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Park Wadden Sea, Lo...
Seals Phoca vitulina rest on sand bank in the Wadden Sea, North Sea, UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Park Wadden Sea, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus, Schleswig_Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park, North Sea, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Euro...
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus, Schleswig_Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park, North Sea, Schleswig_Holstein, Germany, Europe
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina physically retaining female by force to mate at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Sou...
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina physically retaining female by force to mate at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Gr...
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica Newborns exhibit a dark brown ´lanugo´ coat for about three weeks, which is then replaced by a silver-grey coat
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals
Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus bull in a sandstorm, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina challenging for territory at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgi...
Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Crabeater seal Lobodon c...
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica MORE INFO Crabeater seals often exhibit spiral scarring on their bodies, most likely from attacks by leopard seals, or more rarely, killer whales These seals also often have red stains around their mouths from eating krill The crabeater seal, at a population of 15 to 75 million is perhaps the sec
Harp Seal, pagophilus groenlandicus, Adult standing on Ice Floe, Magdalena Island in Canada
Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina), group of adolescent bulls, resting and moulting
Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seal...
Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe near Cuverville Island in the Antarctic Peninsula MORE INFO Crabeater seals often exhibit spiral scarring on their bodies, most likely from attacks by leopard seals, or more rarely, killer whales These seals also often have red stains around their mouths from eating krill The crabeater seal, at a population of 15 to 75 millio
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georg...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Gr...
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica Newborns exhibit a dark brown ´lanugo´ coat for about three weeks, which is then replaced by a silver-grey coat
Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe note the fresh wound on the right side of body at Dorian Bay near...
Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe note the fresh wound on the right side of body at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx stalking juvenile Adélie penguins at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, S...
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx stalking juvenile Adélie penguins at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx stalking juvenile Adélie penguins at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is near the top of the Antarctic food chain It can live twenty-six years, possibly more Orcas are t
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Sou...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup interacting with curious king penguin at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in ...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup interacting with curious king penguin at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georg...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe in Neko Harbor near the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seals Lobo...
Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe in Neko Harbor near the Antarctic Peninsula. Crabeater seals Lobodon carcinophaga hauled out on ice floe in Neko Harbor near the Antarctic Peninsula MORE INFO Crabeater seals often exhibit spiral scarring on their bodies, most likely from attacks by leopard seals, or more rarely, killer whales These seals also often have red stains around their mouths from eating krill The crabeater seal, at a population of 15 to 75 million is perhaps
Harp seal pup white coat 4 to 14 days old on ice Phoca groenlandicus Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada
Adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island in the Southern Oce...
Adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina challenger bull in the surf at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern O...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina challenger bull in the surf at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Adult bearded seal Erignathus barbatus hauled out on the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO Bearded seals are ...
Adult bearded seal Erignathus barbatus hauled out on the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO Bearded seals are the primary food source for the polar bear Ursus maritimus It feeds primarily on clams, squid, and fish along the bottom
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georg...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii hauled out on ice at Cierva Cove, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on ice floe in Port Lockroy, Antarctic Pen...
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on ice floe in Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.
Pregnant female southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Strom...
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. 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 MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live
Adult Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult Weddell Seal...
Adult Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO This is the most southerly breeding seal in the world, south to 78 degrees south, inhabiting both pack and fast ice It is estimated that there are approximately 800,000 individuals today It is named after Sir James Weddell, commander of British sealing expeditions in the We
Southern Elephant Seal, mirounga leonina, with Chinstrap Penguin, pygoscelis antarctica, Antarctica
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx killing and eating a juvenile Adélie penguin at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic P...
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx killing and eating a juvenile Adélie penguin at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx killing and eating a juvenile Adélie penguin at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is near the top of the Antarctic food chain It can live twenty-six years, poss
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina breeding colony on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina breeding colony on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina breeding colony on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc
Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on the bea...
Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, Southern Ocean. Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is near th
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctic...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Gr...
Newborn southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica Shown here is the mouth, nose, and whiskers Newborns exhibit a dark brown ´lanugo´ coat for about three weeks, w
Two female southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Two female s...
Two female southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Two female southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georg...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus hauled out and resting on the ice near Storpollen Glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Baren...
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus hauled out and resting on the ice near Storpollen Glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull issuing a vocalization challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the ...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bull issuing a vocalization challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Harp seal female with pup yellowcoat Phoca groenlandicus Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals
Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, critically endangered species, endemic to Hawaiian Island chain, Oahu, Hawaii, ca...
Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, critically endangered species, endemic to Hawaiian Island chain, Oahu, Hawaii, captive
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, dormant phase on the beach, North Sea, Duene, Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe
Adult female southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the S...
Adult female southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Adult female southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately
Harbor seal Phoca vitulina hauled out on ice calved from the South Sawyer Glacier in the Tracy Arm-Ford´s Terror Wilderness a...
Harbor seal Phoca vitulina hauled out on ice calved from the South Sawyer Glacier in the Tracy Arm-Ford´s Terror Wilderness area, Southeast Alaska, USA
Adult bull Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina threat posture while hauled out and in a wallow while molting at the aband...
Adult bull Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina threat posture while hauled out and in a wallow while molting at the abandonded whaling station at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus swimming amongst the ice near Storpollen Glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, N...
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus swimming amongst the ice near Storpollen Glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup nursing at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina, high tide, North Sea, Duene, Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe
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