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| Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish. Image ID: 11817 Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis | Juvenile Clarion angelfish. Image ID: 12901 Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13154 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Elk in the Gibbon River. Image ID: 13155 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on. Image ID: 13711 Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis Location: Monterey, California, USA | Canada geese on the Yellowstone River. Image ID: 19569 Species: Canada goose, Branta canadensis Location: Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk in sage brush with large rack of antlers during the fall rut (mating season). This bull elk has sparred with other bulls to establish his harem of females with which he hopes to mate. Image ID: 19702 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Several bald eagles stand on snow covered ground or drift wood. Image ID: 22630 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle, standing on snow-covered ground, other bald eagles in the background. Image ID: 22632 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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| Bald eagle grasps a frozen fish in its beak, standing on snowy ground, other eagles visible in the background. Image ID: 22634 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Image ID: 22638 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA | 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. Image ID: 23420 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 23425 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 23431 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 25406 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 25407 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island. Image ID: 16314 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Sandhill crane portrait, as it forages in tall grass. Image ID: 21809 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Red gorgonian. Image ID: 00616 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Galapagos fur seal. Image ID: 10069 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: James Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Diver and red gorgonian. Image ID: 01485 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp. Image ID: 01933 Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis Location: San Diego, California, USA | Half-moon perch. Image ID: 01934 Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis Location: San Diego, California, USA | California Golden gorgonian, red gorgonian, sheephead. Image ID: 02533 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Red gorgonian on rocky reef below kelp forest. Image ID: 03827 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Red gorgonians. Image ID: 04747 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Guadalupe cardinalfish. Image ID: 05066 Species: Guadalupe cardinalfish, Apogon guadalupensis Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Pacific manta ray with remora and Clarion angelfish. Image ID: 06238 Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris, Remora, Holacanthus clarionensis Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | Red gorgonian, polyp detail. Image ID: 07005 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Guadalupe cardinalfish. Image ID: 02406 Species: Guadalupe cardinalfish, Apogon guadalupensis Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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