South African fur seal, Arcotocephalus pusillus, Cape Cross, Namibia, Africa

King penguins, South Georgia, South Atlantic

King penguin colony, St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on ice near Alexander Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Caspian Terns (Hydroprogne caspia) at breeding colony on Ile des Oiseaux in the Parc National du Delta du Saloum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colony at Petermann Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in downy plumage (okum boys) on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adelie penguins on ice with dark skies, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni), quarreling at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica

Adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst chicks at breeding colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) returning from sea to the nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Colony of Spectacled Flying-fox bats, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Colony of Spectacled Flying-fox bats roosting, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) returning to nest with kelp on breeding colony on Petermann Island on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

Gathering of nesting material. Imperial Shag also called King Shag, blue-eyed Shag, blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps or Leucarbo atriceps). South America, Falkland Islands, January

Gathering of nesting material. Imperial Shag also called King Shag, blue-eyed Shag, blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps or Leucarbo atriceps). South America, Falkland Islands, January