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Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   Wildlife Portraits North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf with remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Wildlife Portraits Photo. Image ID: 00140   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Wildlife Portraits Picture. Image ID: 00205   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Stock Photography of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 02114   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   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 Wildlife Portraits. 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. Wildlife Portraits Photos. Image ID: 19693   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Wildlife Portraits Image. Image ID: 19134   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. Professional stock photos of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 02696   Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA   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. Pictures of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 19135   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Wildlife Portraits Photo. Image ID: 16240   Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Wildlife Portraits Picture. Image ID: 19465   Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. Stock Photography of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 00914   Species: Brown booby, Sula leucogaster Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA   A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Photograph of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 00871   Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA   Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since the whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Wildlife Portraits Photos. Image ID: 27299   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA   A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Wildlife Portraits Image. Image ID: 02286   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA   Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. Professional stock photos of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 10550   Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas   Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Pictures of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 27594   Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus   Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since the whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Wildlife Portraits Photo. Image ID: 27300   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA   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. Wildlife Portraits Picture. Image ID: 22142   Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Stock Photography of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 18744   Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA   A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Photograph of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 02169   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus   Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Wildlife Portraits Photos. Image ID: 02441   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Wildlife Portraits Image. Image ID: 15458   Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA   Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. Professional stock photos of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 20257   Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Western gull, early morning pink sky. Pictures of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 18394   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Northern fur seal swims through the cold waters and kelp forest of San Miguel Island, in California's northern Channel Islands. Wildlife Portraits Photo. Image ID: 00966   Species: Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA   A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Wildlife Portraits Picture. Image ID: 01135   Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA   California sea lions, Coronado Islands. Stock Photography of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 02160   Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico   The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish, is also clownlike in appearance. Photograph of Wildlife Portraits. Image ID: 02416   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: California, USA   Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean near San Diego. Wildlife Portraits Photos. Image ID: 03562   Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. Wildlife Portraits Image. Image ID: 06057   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

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