A pod of killer whales

A pod of killer whales

Beluga whales at the edge of a large ice floe.

A pod of pilot whales

Closeup of a fur seal

Bedlam on the beach. Hundreds of fur seals seen in this view of a seal rookery on St. Paul Island.

Sea lions hauled out on a mooring buoy in Monterey Harbor.

Polar bear tracks and site of seal kill on sea ice

Polar bear prey - seal on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Sea breathing hole on sea ice. Polar bears will wait patiently for a seal to appear and then pounce and capture the seal.

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Polar bear on sea ice

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus)

Endangered Steller sea lion

Endangered Steller sea lion

Disentangled right whale off the coast of Cape Canaveral

California sea lion eating a salmonid. This behavior brings them into conflict with both commercial and recreational fishermen.

Fur seal pups.

Northern fur seal pups. A temporary mark was applied to a pup, top right, by 'shearing' dark hairs off to expose lighter hair below.

Two young elephant seals. The elephant seals come ashore for about 2 months every year to breed, give birth, and molt into a new epidermis.

An elephant seal pup.

Portrait of an elephant seal cow.

Two young elephant seals playing in the shallow water at Point Piedras Blancas.

Several elephant seal cows on the beach.

Two elephant seal pups play-fighting on the beach. After their mother leaves the rookery for the ocean, weaned elephant seal pups will wait for her to come back until they lose so much weight and get such baggy skin that they start fishing for themselves.

Two bull elephant seals. Elephant seals earned their name from their large bulbous noses which resemble an elephant's trunk.

Two bull elephant seals fighting. Male elephant seals are territorial, and will fight for control of a rookery beach and access to females. The alpha male is defending his harem from a male coming onto the beach.

A young elephant seal swimming at the surface at Piedras Blancas.

Bald eagle peeking out from stand of wildflowers and other vegetation.

Bald eagle in the grass on the lower slopes of Unalaska Island

Bald eagle rising up seemingly vertically out of grass

Bald eagle rising up seemingly vertically out of grass

Magnificent view of bald eagle in full flight

Magnificent view of bald eagle in full flight

Rear view of bald eagle flying away

Bald eagle sitting on a lamp post

Gulls sitting out a breezy day on an offshore rock

Bedraggled immature bald eagle on a cobble beach

Red-faced cormorants

Red-faced cormorant

Red-faced cormorant