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Pacific harbor seal, mother and pup.
Image ID: 15752
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Juvenile brown bears near Johnson River. Before reaching adulthood and competition for mating, it is common for juvenile brown bears to seek one another for companionship after leaving the security of their mothers.
Image ID: 19171
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Johnson River, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19175
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19182
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) in sedge grass near Johnson River.
Image ID: 19195
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Johnson River, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19208
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Juvenile coastal brown bear in sedge grass, Johnson River. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19217
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Johnson River, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19246
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19255
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19256
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Image ID: 19257
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile California brown pelican in flight. Note its drab brown colors, it is not mature enough to assume the more colorful plumage of adults. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status.
Image ID: 20046
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Western gull, juvenile 3rd winter plumage.
Image ID: 20063
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Image ID: 23421
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California sea lion, juveniles at play in kelp forest.
Image ID: 00619
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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Atlantic spotted dolphin, juvenile.
Image ID: 00679
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas | Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta.
Image ID: 00945
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Horn shark.
Image ID: 01071
Species: Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Guadalupe fur seal, San Benito Islands.
Image ID: 02103
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico | A Pacific harbor seal pup hauls out on a sandy beach. 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: 02162
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seals, two males fighting, Islas San Benito.
Image ID: 02296
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico |
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Blue whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 02301
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Juvenile Guadalupe fur seals.
Image ID: 02364
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | California sea lion pup starving during 1997-8 El Nino event, Coronado Islands.
Image ID: 02417
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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Galapagos sea lion pup nursing.
Image ID: 02427
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Sombrero Chino, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | California sea lion haulout, juveniles and adult male.
Image ID: 02913
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion mother and pup.
Image ID: 02976
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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Guadalupe fur seal, juvenile.
Image ID: 10321
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Image ID: 00573
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Image ID: 01129
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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