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North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring.
Image ID: 00140
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Image ID: 02304
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa.
Image ID: 01611
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Image ID: 34568
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Juvenile Northern Elephant Seal Underwater, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36465
Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island.
Image ID: 02441
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35258
Species: Plumose Anemone, Bull Kelp, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35260
Species: Plumose Anemone, Pink Soft Coral, Metridium senile, Gersemia rubiformis
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35262
Species: Plumose Anemone, Bull Kelp, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana
Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35263
Species: Plumose Anemone, Bull Kelp, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 34330
Species: Pink Soft Coral, Plumose Anemone, Gersemia rubiformis, Metridium senile
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother.
Image ID: 02819
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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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: 05925
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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.
Image ID: 29017
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA | Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head and shoulders, looking directly at camera, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers.
Image ID: 22589
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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Juvenile female coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) grazes on sedge grass.
Image ID: 19137
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: 19141
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female coastal brown bear walks on beach.
Image ID: 19164
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 01135
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seal mother and pup.
Image ID: 02440
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks.
Image ID: 19932
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Juvenile garibaldi in motion.
Image ID: 02343
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35289
Species: Plumose Anemone, Bull Kelp, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 35300
Species: Plumose Anemone, Bull Kelp, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana
Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Juvenile blue-green chromis schooling in ocean current over hard corals, Fijii.
Image ID: 31398
Species: Blue-green chromis, Chromis viridis
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | White plumose anemones Metridium senile with purple sponge and barnacle, Vancouver Island.
Image ID: 34341
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Image ID: 32816
Species: Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Image ID: 32817
Species: Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia.
Image ID: 32818
Species: Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | 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: 05928
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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