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| California sea lion wounded from entanglement in fishing line, La Jolla. Image ID: 35156 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Steller sea lion entanglement, line wrapped around the sea lion's neck, injury and infection from the wound can weaken and kill the animal, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 32668 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22562 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican, entangled in monofilament fishing line, showing winter mating plumage colors. Image ID: 28966 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California sea lion injured by fishing line. Image ID: 27419 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Lionness with injury from water buffalo, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Image ID: 29915 Species: African Lion, Panthera leo Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
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| California sea lion, with monofiliment cut. Image ID: 00958 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion wounded from entanglement in fishing line, La Jolla. Image ID: 35157 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California sea lion entangled in fishing line, La Jolla. Image ID: 34278 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Rissos dolphin surfacing with eye showing. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Image ID: 02314 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Rissos dolphin, breaching. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Image ID: 00983 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Ocean sunfish injured by boat prop with cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 06410 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola |
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| Ocean sunfish injured by boat prop with cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 06411 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | A Rissos dolphin leaps from the ocean in a full breach. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. Offshore near San Diego. Image ID: 07597 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA | California sea lion wounded from entanglement in fishing line, La Jolla. Image ID: 35161 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| California sea lion entangled in fishing line, La Jolla. Image ID: 34307 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion with shark bite. Image ID: 01713 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | North Pacific humpback whale, adult male with bloody head nodules wounded from colliding with other escorts during competitive interactions. Image ID: 02152 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season. Image ID: 27027 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season. Image ID: 27039 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22575 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22571 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22572 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 20179 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season. Image ID: 27026 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. Image ID: 05909 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22561 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22563 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22564 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22573 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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