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Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 33788
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Humpback whale male escort emits a stream of bubbles during competitive group socializing. The whale is swimming so fast that the bubbles pass back alongside the whale.
Image ID: 02822
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.
Image ID: 02826
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Primary escort male humpback whale bubble streaming during competitive group socializing. This primary escort is swimming behind a female. The bubble curtain may be a form of intimidation towards other male escorts that are interested in the female.
Image ID: 04430
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 mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother.
Image ID: 04442
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Large competitive group of humpback whales seen underwater.
Image ID: 04464
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Male humpback whale emits an underwater stream of bubbles as it dives quickly during competitive group activities.
Image ID: 04493
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whales turning sharply in competitive group.
Image ID: 04522
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Male North Pacific humpback whale streams a trail of bubbles. The primary male escort whale (center) creates a curtain of bubbles underwater as it swims behind a female (right), with other challenging males trailing behind in a competitive group. The bubbles may be a form of intimidation from the primary escort towards the challenging escorts.
Image ID: 04524
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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North Pacific humpback whale underwater.
Image ID: 06005
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, competitive group.
Image ID: 06021
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Image ID: 29783
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
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Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Image ID: 29888
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Image ID: 29968
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Lions, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya.
Image ID: 30138
Species: African Lion, Panthera leo
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya |
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Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles.
Image ID: 22669
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles.
Image ID: 22681
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles.
Image ID: 22707
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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Steeple Jason Island, southwestern exposure, looking south pass the isthmus toward the southern half of the island. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Image ID: 24085
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor.
Image ID: 24383
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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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North Pacific Yellowtail school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean.
Image ID: 07000
Species: North Pacific Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Scalloped hammerhead shark.
Image ID: 03216
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica | African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Image ID: 29557
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
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African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Image ID: 29604
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya | Piedras Blancas lighthouse. Completed in 1875, the 115-foot-tall Piedras Blancas lighthouse is one of the few tall-style lighthouses on the West Coast of the United States. Piedras Blancas, named for a group of three white rocks just offshore, is north of San Simeon, California very close to Hearst Castle.
Image ID: 20348
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Northeastern coast of Steeple Jason Island, looking toward the southern half of the island. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Image ID: 24101
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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Sea otters, resting on the surface by lying on their backs, in a group known as a raft.
Image ID: 21604
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Image ID: 27463
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display.
Image ID: 32576
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico |
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