Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Adult Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), surfacing in Stanley Harbor in the Falkland Islands, South America

Views of the Catholic church at the Chilean research base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive in Inian Pass, Southeast Alaska, Pacific Ocean, United States of America, North America

Adult Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) surfacing with characteristic rooster tail splash in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) feeding at the base of a glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

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

Adult Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), surfacing in Stanley Harbor in the Falkland Islands, South America

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

By-the-wind sailors (Velella velella), floating by the hundreds on the surface of the sea outside Newport Beach, California, United States of America, North America

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Coastline and recovery place of the Chinchorro Mummies, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camarones Valley, northern Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Gentoo Penguins at the Argentine antarctic research station in stunning coastal scenery beneath Mount Walker in Paradise Bay off Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsular. the Peninsular is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.

The Argentine antarctic research station Almirante Brown in stunning coastal scenery beneath Mount Walker in Paradise Bay off Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsular. the Peninsular is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.

The Argentine antarctic research station Almirante Brown in stunning coastal scenery beneath Mount Walker in Paradise Bay off Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsular. the Peninsular is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.

The Argentine antarctic research station Almirante Brown in stunning coastal scenery beneath Mount Walker in Paradise Bay off Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsular. the Peninsular is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.

Land-based cetacean survey. Cetacean survey work by personnel of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. Caliach Point, Isle of Mull, Scotland

CT measures (9'8") the lower right mandible (jawbone) of an adult bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Model released.

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings being rescued from a damaged nest. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

Friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surfacing laterally and curiously approaching the research vessel. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Research boat. "Forever Changes" is the research boat of the Wildlife Trusts, engaged here in basking shark work. Hebrides, Scotland

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings being rescued from a damaged nest. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

Research yacht monitoring Killer whale (Orcinus orca) activity during the winter months in the fjords of northern Norway. Tysjford, Norway.

Crab preying on dead portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Algae colors the water in aquaculture ponds at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Coastal Plain Experiment Station

Algae colors the water in aquaculture ponds at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Coastal Plain Experiment Station