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Mother polar bear Ursus maritimus swimming with COY cub-of-year on her back getting a free ride in Holmabukta on the northwes...
Mother polar bear Ursus maritimus swimming with COY cub-of-year on her back getting a free ride in Holmabukta on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant th





Long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis encountered off Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California Sea of Cortez, Baja ...
Long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis encountered off Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico





Mother polar bear Ursus maritimus with COY cub-of-year in Holmabukta on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Ar...
Mother polar bear Ursus maritimus with COY cub-of-year in Holmabukta on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant threat to the polar bear, primarily because





Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) baby lying in mother's arms, Volcanoes NP, Virunga Mountains, Rwanda





Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback watching through forest, Virunga Mountains, Volcanoes NP, Rwanda (non...
Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback watching through forest, Virunga Mountains, Volcanoes NP, Rwanda (non-ex)





Semi wild Przewalski horse stallion (Equus ferus przewalskii), Parc du Villaret, Causse Mejean, Lozere, France





Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella pup on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on the island of South Georgia, Southern Atl...
Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella pup on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on the island of South Georgia, Southern Atlantic Ocean The Antarctic Fur Seal is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus, and one of the nine fur seals in the famil





Adult humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Snow Pass, Southeast Alaska, USA Pacific Oc...
Adult humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Snow Pass, Southeast Alaska, USA Pacific Ocean





Curious humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae approaches the boat underwater in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui ...
Curious humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae approaches the boat underwater in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA Each year humpback whales return to these waters in the winter and spring to mate and give birth to thei





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





Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Monty' portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Ka...
Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Monty' portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated and released between 1971 and 1995, or descended from such ancestors.





Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki pup in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebae...
Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki pup in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki pup in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador MORE INFO The population of this sea lion fluctuates between 20,000 and 50,000 individuals within the Galapagos, depending on food resources and events such as El Nino





Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) hunting a Flying fish (Hirundichthys affinis) at night in the Gulf Stream. Take...
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) hunting a Flying fish (Hirundichthys affinis) at night in the Gulf Stream. Taken in the Gulf Stream between Florida, USA and the Bahamas.





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





Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae surfacing in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. ...
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae surfacing in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae surfacing in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean MORE INFO Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter The species´ diet consists mostly of krill and small fish Humpback whale populations in Antarctica are se





Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) breaching, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico





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





Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult sleeping on snow bank in winter, Arctic coast, Alaska, USA





Young curious female polar bear Ursus maritimus approaches the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer on fast ...
Young curious female polar bear Ursus maritimus approaches the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer on fast ice near Hinlopen Strait off the eastern coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO The IUCN now lists gl





Offshore type bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus surfacing near Zodiac off Isla San Pedro Martir, Gulf of California Sea ...
Offshore type bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus surfacing near Zodiac off Isla San Pedro Martir, Gulf of California Sea of Cortez, Baja California Norte, Mexico





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





Adult humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae surfacing near researchers in Zodiac in the late evening at Siglufjörur, Iceland ...
Adult humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae surfacing near researchers in Zodiac in the late evening at Siglufjörur, Iceland MORE INFO There are at least 80,000 humpback whales worldwide, with about 12,000 in the North Atlantic This species is considere





Adult Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Adult Galapagos sea lio...
Adult Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Adult Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador MORE INFO The population of this sea lion fluctuates between 20,000 and 50,000 individuals within the Galapagos, depending on food resources and events such as El Nino





Adult bull Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki posturing on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador...
Adult bull Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki posturing on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Adult bull Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki posturing on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador MORE INFO The population of this sea lion fluctuates between 20,000 and 50,000 individuals within the Galapagos, depending on food resources and events such as El Nino





Female, African elephant and her calf walking next to each other at Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa, Loxodonya africana...
Female, African elephant and her calf walking next to each other at Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa, Loxodonya africana.





Curious harbor seal Phoca vitulina approaches the Zodiac at Vigur Island in Iceland MORE INFO This seal is also known as the ...
Curious harbor seal Phoca vitulina approaches the Zodiac at Vigur Island in Iceland MORE INFO This seal is also known as the common seal or the harbour seal With an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 individuals worlwide it is one of the most numerous seals i





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





Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing on hind legs in water with caught salmon. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.





A young California sealion (Zalophus californianus) playing with a starfish, inside an underwater cave. The pups will pick up...
A young California sealion (Zalophus californianus) playing with a starfish, inside an underwater cave. The pups will pick up a variety of objects (such as starfish, lumps of coral, shells and feathers) and carry them to the surface, drop them and then chase them to the seabed. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.





Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) and two cubs in the snow. One cub is sitting up with the other cub snuggled down behind i...
Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) and two cubs in the snow. One cub is sitting up with the other cub snuggled down behind it.





Speed warning sign for motor boat users about danger to Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Crystal River, Flor...
Speed warning sign for motor boat users about danger to Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Crystal River, Florida, USA. February 2010





Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador Pacific Ocean





Offshore type bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus surfacing in the midriff region of the Gulf of California Sea of Cortez,...
Offshore type bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus surfacing in the midriff region of the Gulf of California Sea of Cortez, Baja California Norte, Mexico





Keeper's team holding giant panda babies (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) aged 5 months at Wolong Nature Reserve, China, 2008, Captiv...
Keeper's team holding giant panda babies (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) aged 5 months at Wolong Nature Reserve, China, 2008, Captive





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





African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of trunk and tusks while feeding, Marakele NP, South Africa (non-ex)





Galapagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis underwater on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador





A pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) swim over a sand bank. Note there is another pair of dolphins in the...
A pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) swim over a sand bank. Note there is another pair of dolphins in the background. Sandy Ridge, Little Bahama Bank. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.





An adult short-tailed weasel Mustela erminea with prey in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA





Antarctic fur seal pup Arctocephalus gazella near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Southern O...
Antarctic fur seal pup Arctocephalus gazella near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Antarctic fur seal pup Arctocephalus gazella near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean MORE INFO Around 95 of the world population breeds at the Island of South Georgia, but this species is slowly returning to the Antarctic Peninsula after being hunted to extinction in much of its former range Due to the enormous and growi

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