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Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in Fortuna Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Farne Islands, Seahouses, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), on lichen-covered rocks in Hercules Bay on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in Fortuna Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) foraging at sea near South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Huge adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out to molt at Grytviken on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions
Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Young Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in the kelp on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) showing slight aggression at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull head detail (notice shredded proboscis) at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult beachmaster bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding female down with his weight, South Georgia, Polar Regions
Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup lips being probed by a brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi), South Georgia, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull head detail at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions
Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt (moult) on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri), near Kaikoura, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Shark dorsal fins cut from various species in the Shark Finning panga fishery in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.
A curious juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) in turbid emerald waters with sunlight, ripples and kelp in the background. Farne Islands, England.
Californian Sea Lion and skin-diver, Zalophus californianus, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, La Paz
Hawaii, Underwater encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi), endemic and endangered, are few and far between.
Encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (endemic and endangered) are few and far between. Here a monk seal shares a patch of sand with a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also an endangered species, off Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
Hawaii, Underwater encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi), endemic and endangered, are few and far between.
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). Elephant seals fighting on the beach of St Andrews Bay, South Georgia.
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point
Kayakist inear a Weddel seal in Andvord bay near Neko Harbour. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point
Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), resting on ice floe. Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Detaille Island
Tourists in the warm waters of Whaler's Bay, Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Deception Island, Antarctica.