Grey seal, Helgoland-Duene, Germany, Europe

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

A young Grey Seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) on the shore with its mother in winter, at Donna Nook Nature Reserve, on the North Sea coast of Lincolnshire, Great Britain.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Harbor seal in giant kelp forest (Phoca vitulina)). USA, Channel Islands, CA

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female and young in sandstorm

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female and young suckling

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female, portrait after sandstorm

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female with young

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female, portrait after sandstorm

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female with young cuddling

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female with young cuddling

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), newborn

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female with young in sandstorm

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), young which is some weeks old

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), young which is some weeks old