Results
« Previous 1 2
151 results found

A small pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) encountered off West Craycroft Island in Blackfish Sound, British Columbia, Canada

A rare sighting of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sub-surface feeding in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A rare sighting of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sub-surface feeding in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A rare sighting of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sub-surface feeding in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive in Snow Pass at sunset, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Adult black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in flight near Alexander Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Adult macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) porpoising for speed while traveling to their breeding colony on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

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

A long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis), surfacing off Gorda Banks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

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

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

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

A myriad of hard and soft corals compete for space on the substrate of the snorkel site known as the Milky Way, Palau, Micronesia, Pacific

A long-beaked common dolphin pod (Delphinus capensis), traveling off Gorda Banks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), surfacing off Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Killer whale pod (Orcinus orca) beside tourists in inflatables off Punta Colorada, Isla San Jose, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

A pair of long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis), surfacing off Gorda Banks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

A pair of long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis), surfacing off Gorda Banks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Thrift (Armeria maritima), Rock sea lavender (Limonium binervosum) and Coastal ragwort (Senecio leucanthemifolius) flowering on karst limestone sea cliffs at Pria, near Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain.

Natural rock archway carved by the sea through karst limestone rock at Cuevas del mar (sea caves) beach, near Llanes, Asturias, Spain.

Granite rocks smoothed and sculpted by wind, weather and the sea into strange organic shapes, Campomoro Point, near Propriano, Corsica, France.

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) mother and pupat Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf being touched by excited whale watchers in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult oceanic sunfish (Mola mola) underwater off the west side of Isabela Island in the deep waters surrounding the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Aerial view of feeding humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off Whitestone Harbor in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Long-beaked common dolphin pod (Delphinus capensis) encountered in the southern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

A younger polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub in snow. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) resting (note propeller scars on tail) in Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult on snow, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching near the Five Fingers Island Group in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with Turkey Buzzards feeding on carcass on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading and feeding in a brackish water lagoon at Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf being touched by excited whale watchers in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) spinning, possibly to dislodge attached remoras, Lanai, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Adult yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) on the wing in the oceanic waters surrounding the Tristan da Cunha Island Group in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Adult pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) in breeding plumage with a capelin in its beak in Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer lay in the relatively warm waters of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Adult black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading and feeding in a brackish water lagoon at Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean.

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf stranded by gill net around flukes on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near small whale watching boat in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) defending a fresh kill against an intruder, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Adult West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) foraging in Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA.
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note the barnacles and whale lice - Cyamus scammoni - on the skin) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Curious California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf approach boat in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.
(Restricted Resoluion - pls contact us)

Adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) with excited whale watchers in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) with snorkeler on the Little Bahama Banks, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
(Resolution Restricted - pls contact us)

Young Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) leaping in the AuAu Channel off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.
(Resolution Restricted - pls contact us)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult on snow, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Lindblad Expeditions guests on board the National Geographic Explorer with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice, Antarctica

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) defending a fresh kill against an intruder, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

Long-beaked common dolphin pod (Delphinus capensis) encountered in the southern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, leaping in silhouette in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Bull Orca (Orcinus orca) surfacing on back (penis display) in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.
(Restricted Resolution - please contact us)

Adult bull Orca - also called Killer Whale - (Orcinus orca) surfacing in the calm waters of Southeast Alaska, USA. Note the exceptionally tall dorsal fin - the field diagnostic for a mature male Orca.

Curious king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Adult Orca female - also called Killer Whale - (Orcinus orca) surfacing near whale watching yacht in the calm waters of Southeast Alaska, USA.
(Restricted Resolution - please contact us)

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother being touched underwater in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.
(Restricted Resoluion - pls contact us)

Adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note barnacles and whale lice) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)calf near trimaran on the Little Bahama Banks off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Adult Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) surfacing (note the fresh wound at the base of the dorsal fin) off the southern coast of Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) foraging in Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA.
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Two young Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) at play underwater on the Little Bahama Banks, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Atlantic Ocean.
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Adult Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) fluke-up dive in Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Argentina.
(Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Adult Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) underwater in Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Argentina. Southern Atlantic Ocean.
(Resolution Restricted - pls contact us)

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) "spinning" off Waikuli on the coast of Maui, HAwaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.
(Resolution Restricted - pls contact us)

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico