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North Pacific humpback whale, cow/calf., Megaptera novaeangliae, Copyright Phillip Colla / HWRF, image #00140, all rights reserved worldwide. This photograph was taken during Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research activities conducted under NOAA/NMFS and State of Hawaii permit. Its use is subject to certain restrictions. Please contact the photographer for more information.

Humpback Whale, Maui

 North Pacific humpback whale, breach., Megaptera novaeangliae, Copyright Phillip Colla / HWRF, image #00205, all rights reserved worldwide. This photograph was taken during Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research activities conducted under NOAA/NMFS and State of Hawaii permit. Its use is subject to certain restrictions. Please contact the photographer for more information.

Humpback Whale, Maui

 Guadalupe fur seal., Arctocephalus townsendi, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02114, all rights reserved worldwide.

Guadalupe Fur Seal, Guadalupe Island

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., Cervus canadensis, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19693, all rights reserved worldwide.

Elk, Mammoth Hot Springs

 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., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #15122, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

 Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows., Ursus arctos, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19134, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Bear

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., Ursus arctos, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19135, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Bear

 West Indian manatee., Trichechus manatus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02696, all rights reserved worldwide.

West Indian Manatee, Three Sisters Springs

 Galapagos shark., Carcharhinus galapagensis, Copyright Phil Colla, image #16240, all rights reserved worldwide.

Galapagos Shark, Wolf Island

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., Carcharodon carcharias, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19465, all rights reserved worldwide.

Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island

 Brown booby., Sula leucogaster, Copyright Phil Colla, image #00914, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Booby, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

 White (or fairy) tern., Gygis alba, Copyright Phil Colla, image #00871, all rights reserved worldwide.

Fairy Tern, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

Blue shark, open ocean., Prionace glauca, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02286, all rights reserved worldwide.

Blue Shark

 Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout., Carcharhinus perezi, Copyright Phil Colla, image #10550, all rights reserved worldwide.

Caribbean Reef Shark

 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., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #22142, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

Blue whale., Balaenoptera musculus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02169, all rights reserved worldwide.

Blue Whale

 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., Mirounga angustirostris, Copyright Phil Colla, image #15458, all rights reserved worldwide.

Elephant Seal, Piedras Blancas

 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., Ursus americanus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #18744, all rights reserved worldwide.

American Black Bear

Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #20257, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

 Western gull, early morning pink sky., Larus occidentalis, Copyright Phil Colla, image #18394, all rights reserved worldwide.

Western Gull

 Northern fur seal., Callorhinus ursinus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #00966, all rights reserved worldwide.

Northern Fur Seal, San Miguel Island

Gray whale, neonate calf., Eschrichtius robustus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #01135, all rights reserved worldwide.

Gray Whale

 California sea lions, Coronado Islands., Zalophus californianus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02160, all rights reserved worldwide.

California Sea Lion, Coronado Islands

 Garibaldi, southern California., Hypsypops rubicundus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02416, all rights reserved worldwide.

Garibaldi

Guadalupe fur seal pup., Arctocephalus townsendi, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02441, all rights reserved worldwide.

Guadalupe Fur Seal, Guadalupe Island

 Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean near San Diego., Mola mola, Copyright Phil Colla, image #03562, all rights reserved worldwide.

Ocean Sunfish

 North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass., Megaptera novaeangliae, Copyright Phillip Colla / HWRF, image #06057, all rights reserved worldwide. This photograph was taken during Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research activities conducted under NOAA/NMFS and State of Hawaii permit. Its use is subject to certain restrictions. Please contact the photographer for more information.

Humpback Whale, Maui

A sea otter, resting on its back, holding its paw out of the water for warmth. While the sea otter has extremely dense fur on its body, the fur is less dense on its head, arms and paws so it will hold these out of the cold water to conserve body heat., Enhydra lutris, Copyright Phil Colla, image #21602, all rights reserved worldwide.

Sea Otter, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

 Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California., Mirounga angustirostris, Copyright Phil Colla, image #15387, all rights reserved worldwide.

Elephant Seal, Piedras Blancas

 Bison., Bison bison, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19598, all rights reserved worldwide.

American Bison

California sea lion hauled out on rocks beside the ocean., Zalophus californianus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #19934, all rights reserved worldwide.

California Sea Lion

 Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island., Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Copyright Phil Colla, image #16314, all rights reserved worldwide.

Galapagos Fur Seal, Darwin Island

 Atlantic spotted dolphin, juvenile., Stenella frontalis, Copyright Phil Colla, image #00679, all rights reserved worldwide.

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Pacific white sided dolphin, carrying drift kelp., Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, Copyright Phil Colla, image #00046, all rights reserved worldwide.

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

 Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean., Pleuroncodes planipes, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02247, all rights reserved worldwide.

Pelagic Red Crab

 Coral hawkfish., Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02432, all rights reserved worldwide.

Coral Hawkfish, Wolf Island

Coyote, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California., Canis latrans, Copyright Phil Colla, image #15872, all rights reserved worldwide.

Coyote

 Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #22150, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

 Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #22159, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #22170, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

 Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #22171, all rights reserved worldwide.

Brown Pelican

 Scalloped hammerhead shark., Sphyrna lewini, Copyright Phil Colla, image #16250, all rights reserved worldwide.

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Wolf Island

Turtle., Copyright Phil Colla, image #16382, all rights reserved worldwide.

Turtle, Wolf Island

 Bottlenose dolphin., Tursiops truncatus, Copyright Phil Colla, image #16411, all rights reserved worldwide.

Bottlenose Dolphin, Wolf Island

 Manta ray., Manta birostris, Copyright Phil Colla, image #02452, all rights reserved worldwide.

Giant Manta Ray, San Benedicto Island

Updated: January 9, 2009

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