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| 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 | 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 | Blue whale, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Image ID: 01964 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23259 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23273 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Blue whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 02301 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Blue whales: mother/calf pair w/ adult, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03354 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03356 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | A parent and child admire the fascinating kelp forest tank at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California. Image ID: 10308 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera |
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| Blue whale, mother and calf, swimming at surface between dives, open ocean, aerial view. Image ID: 02302 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23260 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23261 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23270 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree. Image ID: 23289 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus. Image ID: 12897 Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa |
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| Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus. Image ID: 12898 Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa | Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks. Image ID: 13953 Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus | Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks. Image ID: 13954 Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus |
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| Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks. Image ID: 13955 Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus | Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus. Image ID: 14496 Species: Rhinopias | Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus. Image ID: 14497 Species: Rhinopias |
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| Blue whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 02303 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03350 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced by her calf in the background. Image ID: 05907 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Blue whales, mother and calf, Baja California. Image ID: 03033 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother (above) and calf (below), surfacing, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03345 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03346 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Blue whales: adult pair (upper left), mother/calf pair (lower right), Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03351 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whales: adult pair (upper left), mother/calf pair (lower right), Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03352 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03360 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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