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| James Tate with yellowfin tuna (approx 60 pounds) taken by breathold diving with a band-power speargun near Abalone Point. July 2004. Image ID: 09599 Species: Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Tiger shark and photographer Keith Grundy. Image ID: 10649 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Red fox. Red foxes are the most widely distributed wild carnivores in the world. Red foxes utilize a wide range of habitats including forest, tundra, prairie, and farmland. They prefer habitats with a diversity of vegetation types and are increasingly encountered in suburban areas. Image ID: 12069 Species: Red fox, Vulpes vulpes |
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| Gray wolf howling. Image ID: 12399 Species: Gray wolf, Canis lupus | Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Scissortail sergeant major. Image ID: 12939 Species: Scissortail sergeant major, Abudefduf sexfasciatus |
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| A Pacific harbor seal eyes the photographer while swimming in the shallows. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach. Image ID: 15546 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Bobcat, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 15917 Species: Bobcat, Lynx rufus | Cross fox, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. The cross fox is a color variation of the red fox. Image ID: 15958 Species: Red fox, Vulpes vulpes |
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| Gray wolf, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 16042 Species: Gray wolf, Canis lupus | Scalloped hammerhead shark. Image ID: 16249 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16252 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16256 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island. Image ID: 16314 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island. Image ID: 16317 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Spotted eagle ray. Image ID: 16337 Species: Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Spotted eagle rays. Image ID: 16338 Species: Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Bubbles rise from the depths of the ocean. Black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16446 Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Aspen trees displaying fall colors rise alongside a High Sierra road near North Lake, Bishop Creek Canyon. Image ID: 17557 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | Juvenile female coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) grazes on sedge grass. Image ID: 19137 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. Image ID: 19139 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Sea lions hauled out on public docks in Astoria's East Mooring Basin. This bachelor colony of adult males takes up residence for several weeks in late summer on public docks in Astoria after having fed upon migrating salmon in the Columbia River. The sea lions can damage or even sink docks and some critics feel that they cost the city money in the form of lost dock fees. Image ID: 19425 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon, USA | Dorsal fin of a great white shark breaks the surface as the shark swims just below. Image ID: 19490 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Two satellite tags, below dorsal fin of great white shark. The tags record the sharks movements, relaying data to researchers via satellite. Image ID: 21391 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Eucalyptus tree, gum tree. Image ID: 21490 Species: Gum tree, Eucalyptus Location: Del Mar, California, USA | San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Coronado Island is to the left, and downtown San Diego is to the right in this view looking north. Image ID: 22288 Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. Image ID: 22289 Location: San Diego, California, USA | San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. Image ID: 22290 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Bald eagle in flight, spreads its wings wide to slow before landing on a wooden perch, snow falling. Image ID: 22631 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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