Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island, Falkland Islands

Northern (Steller) sea lions, (Eumetopias jubatus), hauled out on South Marble Island, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Northern (Steller) sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) hauled out on South Marble Island in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult Atlantin puffin (Fratercula arctica) during breeding season on Sumburgh Head, Shetlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

A beautiful set of tiny tunicates grows on a reef in Indonesia.This tropical region, within the Coral Triangle, is home to an incredible variety of marine life.

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

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

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

Male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

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

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

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

Adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), carrying rock in its beak at breeding colony at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

First year Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) chicks at breeding colony at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) mating behavior on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

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

Adult macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) plunging into the sea leaving their breeding colony at Elsehul on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), feeding chick at breeding colony at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Young Galapagos sea lion bulls (Zalophus wollebaeki) mock-fighting in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

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

Views of Gold Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

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

Pink hydrocoral (lace coral), Stylaster sp., Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Fan coral, Subergorgia sp., and diver silhouette against he sun, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Mushroom coral, Ctenactis sp., night, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Red (Lace) coral, Distichopora violacea, feather stars, and juvenile gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens), Peninsula Valdes, Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in front of a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

A rocky island full of cormorants in the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Argentina. Copy space

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand

Green Sea Squirt (Didemnum molle), colony, corals, Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali Sea, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Asia

Colony of Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Excursions, advertising sign, Rangiroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

This hard coral colony in the Pacific has begun to bleach, expelling its symbiotic zooxanthellae, consequences of global climate change and climate warming, Yap, Micronesia

globular alga volvox is found in ponds and ditches Up to 1000 single-celled green algae each one with a tiny pair of whip-like tails are linked together to form a hollow sphere Inside this sphere you can see smaller daugther-colonies which eventually come free when the original colony disintegrates magnification 60x at 5x7

royal tern flock group of birds taking off from shore wings spread sea in background outdoors horizontal format

Still life of Liberty Bell