King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) swimming near the beach at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult and chick at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

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

Adult male Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) harassing a skua at Torgersen Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe in Neko Harbor near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult cactus finch (Geospiza scandens), one of the 15 species of Darwin's finches, on Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult pied butcherbirds (Cracticus nigrogularis), taking flight in Vansittart Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Creative motion blur image of adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) returning to the sea on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup lips being probed by a brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi), South Georgia, Polar Regions

The endemic Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) with a lava lizard on top of its head, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

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

Adult black noddy (Anous minutus) breeding site on Boatswain Bird Island just off Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Adult South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus) feeding at low tide on Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), pair in courtship display at nesting site on New Island, Falklands, South America

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

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

Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), bulls fighting in Hercules Bay on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions