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| Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Image ID: 25005 Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25646 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| South American sea lion underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina. Image ID: 35930 Species: South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens Location: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina | 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 | San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests. Image ID: 26003 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35906 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35908 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Image ID: 34567 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23432 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25604 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Bryozoan grows on a 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: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina 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: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Image ID: 27029 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |
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| Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35907 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35917 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina. Image ID: 35942 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina |
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| Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina. Image ID: 35943 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Image ID: 32298 Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California, USA | Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32151 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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| Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32161 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32162 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32171 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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| Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32217 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32222 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32231 Species: Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
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