Natural History Photography

Garibaldi and red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: Garibaldi, Red gorgonian, Hypsypops rubicundus, Leptogorgia chilensischilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30870

USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Image ID: 32141

USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Image ID: 32143
Panorama dimensions: 4890 x 12865

USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Image ID: 32145

SCUBA divers on the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Image ID: 32146

Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Metridium senile

Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 32816

Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 32817

Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 32818

Underwater ROV Preparing to Dive at Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32964

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.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05928

Ruppells Long-Tailed Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Masai Mara, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Maasai Mara National Reserve

Ruppells Long-Tailed Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Masai Mara.
Species: Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 39622

Two Adult Male Lions Fight to Establish Territory, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. Both of these large males emerged from the battle with wounds, and it was not clear who prevailed.
Species: African lion, Panthera leo
Location: Mara North Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 39701
Panorama dimensions: 5760 x 8640

Young Red Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus in La Jolla, Buteo lineatus

Young Red Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus in La Jolla.
Species: Red-Shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39829

Rufous Hummingbird Brilliant Gorget Display While Perched, Coast Walk, La Jolla, Selasphorus rufus

Rufous Hummingbird Brilliant Gorget Display While Perched, Coast Walk, La Jolla.
Species: Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40260

Pacific harbor seal profile portrait on wet gold-colored sandy beach at sunrise in La Jolla.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40818

Pacific harbor seal profile portrait on wet gold-colored sandy beach at sunrise in La Jolla.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40820

A California sea lions leap high out of the water, jumping clear of a wave while bodysurfing at Boomer Beach in La Jolla.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40834

Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second. The grebe on the left is "Hook" famous for the fishing hook and line embedded in the back of his head.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40843

Mount Edgecumbe seen from the Sitka Sound. A volcano, Mount Edgecumbe has an elevation of 3201 feet and lies on the tip of Kruzof Island about 24 miles west of Sitka.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Mount Edgecumbe, Sitka, Alaska
Image ID: 40956

Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32864
Panorama dimensions: 4298 x 9430

Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, juvenile plumage, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California

Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, juvenile plumage.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38589

A juvenile 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. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. Pelican yoga.
Species: Brown, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38693

California Sea Lions jumping into the ocean, from seaside cliff on Point La Jolla, while waves crash below.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39123

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.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California
Image ID: 29001

Lionness and two week old cub, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Panthera leo

Lionness and two week old cub, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Species: African lion, Panthera leo
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image ID: 29793

Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Image ID: 22606

Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings wide while slowing to land on a perch already occupied by other eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis, Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska

Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings wide while slowing to land on a perch already occupied by other eagles.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska
Image ID: 22611

Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska
Image ID: 22612

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