Andy Rouse / Bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumping, Caribbean (non-ex). Exclusive jigsaw puzzle rights worldwide sold until 31.12.2014.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) following Shetland pelagic trawler 'Charisma' close to Eshaness. October 2012.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) following Shetland pelagic trawler 'Charisma', near Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2012.

Mark Carwardine / Yangtze / Chinese river dolphin / Baiji {Lipotes vexillifer} Critically endangered - officially declared extinct late 2007. This individual (a male called Qi-Qi) was photographed in captivity in 1988...

Mark Carwardine / Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming fast, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) porpoising swimming fast, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Amazon river dolphin, pink river dolphin or boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) - wild animal breaching Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / Pink river dolphin / Boto {Inia geoffrensis} Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal breaching, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / Pink river dolphin / Boto {Inia geoffrensis} breaching, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon river dolphin, pink river dolphin or boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) - two wild animals fighting over fish Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Pacific white-sided dolphin / Lag (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) swimming fast, showing dorsal fin, Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, western Canada

Mark Carwardine / Watching Killer whale underwater in aquarium {Orcinus orca} USA

Mark Carwardine / Common dolphins bow riding {Delphinus delphis} Gibraltar

Mark Carwardine / Yangtze river dolphin {Lipotes vexillifer} captive, Wuhan, China, crit endangered

Mark Carwardine / Dusky dolphin breaching {Lagenorhynchus obscurus} Kaikoura, New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Risso's dolphin surfacing {Grampus griseus} The Maldives

Mark Carwardine / Large school of Common dolphins feed on Sardines, False Bay, W Cape, S Africa {Delphinus

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale {Orcinus orca} hunting sealion pup Patagonia, Argentina

Steven Kazlowski / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) large pod with one male approaching, in Kenai Fjords National Park, Chiswell Islands National Marine Sanctuary, South Central Alaska, USA

Doc White / Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Doc White / Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Steven Kazlowski / Killer WHale / Orca (Orcinus orca) bull and cow in Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, outside Seward, Alaska, May.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming just below surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Brent Stephenson / Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) breaking the surface and leaping from the water. Off Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Roland Seitre / Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaching. Mayotte, Madagascar.

Roland Seitre / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis). The Bahamas.

Roland Seitre / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) swimming in unison, seen from above. Azores.

Roland Seitre / Irrawaddy Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) jumping from water. Captive, Thailand.

Roland Seitre / Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) swimming on its back. Captive, Thailand.

Roland Seitre / Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) spitting water. Captive, Thailand.

Roland Seitre / Pod of Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) under water surface. The Azores.

Brent Stephenson / Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) somersaults from the water, Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand. February.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Two Killer whales (Orcinus orca) with a solitary Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) seen from the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' in evening light, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) bow-riding, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) at surface, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) breaching, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) breaching, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? Common dolphins travel in large social groups and are very acrobatic, often seen breac...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) bow-riding, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June

Brent Stephenson / Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising as they swim beside a boat. Off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Robin Chittenden / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) leaping, Algarve, Portugal, October

Pedro Narra / Two people helping a stranded Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the surf, Troia, Sado Estuary, Portugal

Pedro Narra / Common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis) swimming below the surface, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, October

Pedro Narra / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) porpoising, Atlantic Ocean, Sado Estuary, Portugal, October

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) leaping during mating ritual, Sado Estuary, Portugal, October

Pedro Narra / A pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising, silhouetted at sunset, Sado Estuary, Portugal, November

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping in front of a cargo ship, Sado Estuary, Portugal, September

Pedro Narra / A pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming into the Sado river, Portugal, July

Pedro Narra / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) jumping close the industrial area in the north chanel of the river Sado, Sado Estuary, Portugal, May

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) leaping in mating rituals, Sado Estuary, Portugal, October

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) create bow wave to knock Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) from the ice; a co-operative hunting strategy. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) approaching Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian / Gray's / Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris longirostris) with mother and young calf. Keauhou, Kona, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Passengers on observation deck of Sea Life Surveys vessel Sula Beag watching a Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) bow riding in the Sound of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011. 2020VIS...

Georgette Douwma / Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Egypt, Red Sea.

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice floe and to intimidate, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Froz...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice, whilst Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfaces nearby, Ant...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhops to see if Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) are potential prey, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Kathryn Jeffs / Filming Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) diving, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Frederique Olivier / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) amongst thick pack ice, Antarctica. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Fortrose, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK, August 2010

Pete Oxford / Two Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in shallow water. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Visitors on Chanonry Point watching Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) playing and breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, May. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did you know? Dolphins are o...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 1/2. 2020VISION Book Plate.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 2/2. Photographer quote: 'A day of overcast cloud cleared in the la...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 1/7

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) adult and juvenile surfacing, tail slapping, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Did you know? Scotland is home to the most northerly population of bottlenose dolphins on ea...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Photographer quote: 'After several frustrating hours with too short a lens and dolphins too...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing, fin showing distinctive identifying marks, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) adult spy-hopping, rolling over backwards, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) group at surface, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mother and calf breaking surface, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? Dolphins can swim to the surface to breathe even when sleeping, as they ca...

Juergen Freund / Mascot 'Waddy', part of a conservation project for the Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), getting a lift home on a motorcycle. North Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) being herded towards a tourist resort for the guests to see up close. Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) at surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm waters. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Juergen Freund / Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) just below sea surface in flat calm water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), Delphinidae (Wildlife Art Company).

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Pacific white-sided dolphin / Lag (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), Delphinidae (Wildlife Art Company).

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Indo-Pacific bottlenose / Bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), Delphnidae (Wildlife Art Company).

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Killer Whale / Orca / Sea Wolf / Blackfish (Orcinus orca) male, Delphinidae; the largest member of the dolphin family. There are up to five distinct killer whale types, some populatio...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Common bottle-nosed / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Indo-Pacific dolphin (T. aduncus) breach and dive sequence in profile (Wildlife Art Company).