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Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Vertebrata Photo.
Image ID: 02113
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Vertebrata Picture.
Image ID: 02114
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Stock Photography of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 25005
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Photograph of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 15122
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Vertebrata Photos.
Image ID: 19693
Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. Vertebrata Image.
Image ID: 22582
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Professional stock photos of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 13151
Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis
Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Pictures of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 17031
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Vertebrata Photo.
Image ID: 17039
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Vertebrata Picture.
Image ID: 19134
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. Stock Photography of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 19577
Species: Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Photograph of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 22584
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA |
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Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Vertebrata Photos.
Image ID: 19135
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Vertebrata Image.
Image ID: 25007
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Professional stock photos of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 25646
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Pictures of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 16240
Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Vertebrata Photo.
Image ID: 16246
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Vertebrata Picture.
Image ID: 01611
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Stock Photography of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 02158
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Photograph of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 03267
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. Vertebrata Photos.
Image ID: 00914
Species: Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Vertebrata Image.
Image ID: 00871
Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Tiger shark. Professional stock photos of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 10648
Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier
Location: Bahamas | Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. Pictures of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 22581
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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Two bald eagles on perch, one with wings spread as it has just landed and is adjusting its balance, the second with its head thrown back, calling vocalizing. Vertebrata Photo.
Image ID: 22583
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Vertebrata Picture.
Image ID: 25950
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Stock Photography of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 01006
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Photograph of Vertebrata.
Image ID: 02286
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Vertebrata Photos.
Image ID: 03192
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Vertebrata Image.
Image ID: 22588
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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