Whale bone on a beach, Baffin island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Views of lichen covered rocks on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks covered with mud and guano on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult Galapagos barn owl (Tyto alba punctatissima) sleeping during the day on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Views of the Chilean Antarctic refuge hut Jorge Bonnen Rivera situated on Hut Point on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice near Devil Island in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A close up view of a beetle on hogweed (Heracleum spp) found in the Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk Oblast, White Sea, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Research divers from the MOC Marine Institute map out coral damage at Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui, Hawaii. In the future, data from here will help to determine the health of Hawaii's reefs, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Research divers from the MOC Marine Institute glue broken coral heads back together and map out coral damage at Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui, Hawaii. In the future, data from here will help to determine the health of Hawaii's reefs, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America