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North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Behavior Photo.
Image ID: 00140
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Behavior Picture.
Image ID: 00205
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Stock Photography of Behavior.
Image ID: 02304
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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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. Photograph of Behavior.
Image ID: 19693
Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Behavior Photos.
Image ID: 17031
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Behavior Image.
Image ID: 03267
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola |
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Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Professional stock photos of Behavior.
Image ID: 03854
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Hawaiian spinner dolphin, resting herd swimming along reef. Pictures of Behavior.
Image ID: 00108
Species: Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
Location: Lanai, Hawaii, 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. Behavior Photo.
Image ID: 25950
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA |
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Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Behavior Picture.
Image ID: 34568
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi, hiding among anemone tentacles, Fiji Stock Photography of Behavior.
Image ID: 34736
Species: Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Photograph of Behavior.
Image ID: 16725
Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry Behavior Photos.
Image ID: 30326
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Behavior Image.
Image ID: 25648
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Bigeye Barracuda schooling in Nigali Pass, Fiji Professional stock photos of Behavior.
Image ID: 31329
Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. Pictures of Behavior.
Image ID: 33455
Species: Strawberry Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Pink Skunk Anemone Fish, Amphiprion perideraion, Fiji Behavior Photo.
Image ID: 34746
Species: Pink anemonefish, Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion
Location: Fiji | Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji Behavior Picture.
Image ID: 34775
Species: Bluestripe Clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus
Location: Fiji |
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Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. Stock Photography of Behavior.
Image ID: 02796
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother. Photograph of Behavior.
Image ID: 02819
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother. Behavior Photos.
Image ID: 02828
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Behavior Image.
Image ID: 05925
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. Professional stock photos of Behavior.
Image ID: 06057
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Pictures of Behavior.
Image ID: 29017
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA |
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A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Behavior Photo.
Image ID: 30289
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, 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. Behavior Picture.
Image ID: 25951
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Two mature brown bears fight to establish hierarchy and fishing rights. Stock Photography of Behavior.
Image ID: 17036
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Photograph of Behavior.
Image ID: 18397
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. Behavior Photos.
Image ID: 19140
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. Behavior Image.
Image ID: 19141
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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