Natural History Photography

Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki, Fernandina Island

Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa.
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01616

Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis, James Island

Galapagos fur seal.
Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Location: James Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01568

Galapagos fur seal.
Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Location: James Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01564

Scalloped hammerhead shark.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01545

Diver and alcyonarian soft coral, Northern Red Sea, Egyptian Red Sea

Diver and alcyonarian soft coral, Northern Red Sea.
Location: Egyptian Red Sea
Image ID: 01492

Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Kelp fronds.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01273

Brown booby, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Sula leucogaster, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

Brown booby, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Sula leucogaster.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00887

Red-tailed tropicbird, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Phaethon rubricauda, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

Red-tailed tropicbird, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Phaethon rubricauda.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00855

Jack mackerel schooling in kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island

Jack mackerel schooling in kelp.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00307

Juvenile blue shark in the open ocean, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California

Juvenile blue shark in the open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00292

Humpback whale lunging out of the water at it reaches the surface, exhaling in a burst of bubbles, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whale lunging out of the water at it reaches the surface, exhaling in a burst of bubbles.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00230

Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00182

Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00172

Pacific white sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California

Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00050

Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California

Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00043

Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00033

Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00022

Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00015

Humpback whale dorsal fin detail, showing small wounds from recent competitive interactions with other whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whale dorsal fin detail, showing small wounds from recent competitive interactions with other whales.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00337

California sheephead, juvenile, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island

California sheephead, juvenile.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 00371

Waves Break over the Fore Reef at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Waves Break over the Fore Reef at Rose Atoll, American Samoa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, American Samoa
Image ID: 00843

Propellor and debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

Propellor and debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00810

Coral Reef Scene Underwater at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Coral Reef Scene Underwater at Rose Atoll, American Samoa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, American Samoa
Image ID: 00774

Coral bommies in Rose Atoll Lagoon, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary

Coral bommies in Rose Atoll Lagoon.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00737

Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00681

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, San Clemente Island

Garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00635

California bat ray, Myliobatis californica, San Clemente Island

California bat ray.
Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00579

Moray eel, Gymnothorax mordax, San Clemente Island

Moray eel.
Species: California moray eel, Gymnothorax mordax
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00570

Humpback whale raising fluke (tail) out of the water before making a dive, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whale raising fluke (tail) out of the water before making a dive.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00436

Humpback whales at the surface, volcano and clouds, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui

Humpback whales at the surface, volcano and clouds.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00425

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