Tui De Roy / Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) large territorial bull on volcanic rocks. South Coast Cerro Azul (Cinco Cerros), Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Group of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) swimming near the rocky shore. Puerto Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina, March 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) large male of 2.5 m length. Localy identified by Parque Natural da Madeira as "Metade". Areias, Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugal, August...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Large male Mediterranean Monk seal (Monachus monachus) Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugal, August 2009, Critically endangered species

David Tipling / King Penguin colony {Aptenodytes patagonicus} and Elephant seals, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, November 2006

Norbert Wu / Scuba diver exploring ice caves below Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) breathing holes, life below feeds on seal feces, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) breathing hole is above this ice cave with diver, the cave is filled with Sea Stars (Odontaster validus) that feeds on seal feces, Antarctica

Doug Allan / Southern elephant seal pair courtship {Mirounga leonina} Antarctica. NB Large difference in size of male and female.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) large territorial bull yawning. South Coast Cerro Azul (Cinco Cerros), Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) large territorial bull. South Coast Cerro Azul (Cinco Cerros), Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Ingo Arndt / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) female displaying, Jason Harbor, South Georgia Island

Theo Allofs / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia

Theo Allofs / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Large bull (male) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) chewing on a blade of kelp, resting between boulders, off Lundy Island, Devon, UK, June

Matthias Breiter / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) group hauled out on rocks, Howe Sound, Canada

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups along shore, Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia Island

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) group on beach, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Frederique Olivier / Aerial view of Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) colony with Southern Elephant seal in the middle, Hurd Point, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, November 2007

Frederique Olivier / Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) amongst large colony of penguins, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, November 2007

Matthias Breiter / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) hunting school of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), Ketchikan, Alaska

Michael D. Kern / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) young pup beside large bull, San Simion, California, USA

Aflo / ic-09105 Harp seal on ice {Phoca groenlandicus} Canada

Sergey Gorshkov / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony along coast, Botswana

Steven Kazlowski / A large Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) rests on sea ice floating along the arctic coast of Svalbard, Norway,

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony with new born pups, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony with new born pups, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony with new born pups, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony with new born pups, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony at shoreline, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony at shoreline, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Namibia

Tui De Roy / Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) group resting on fast ice, Admiralty Sound, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) surfacing to breathe through fast ice lead, Admiralty Sound, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Ingo Arndt / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) searching for dead Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pups in colony, Cape Cross, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) colony, Point Piedras Blancas, California

Jan Vermeer / Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandicus) group on ice field, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada

Michio Hoshino / Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandicus) group near opening in the ice, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) rookery, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull and King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, South Georgia Island

Colin Monteath / New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) rookery, Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) rookery, Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony among Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony and Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking among Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach during seals breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull and adult females, Hercules Bay, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull and adult females, Hercules Bay, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull with King Penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull, Grytviken, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal {Arctocephalus gazella} large bull resting on tussock grass, Grytviken, South Georgia

Kevin Schafer / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group among Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina), South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) harem during breeding season in spring, with snowy Allardyce Range in background, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking among Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach during seals breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Kevin Schafer / Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) researcher marking large bull, Farallon Islands, California

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) weaner pups and King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), fat weaner pups resting together on beach with King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the background, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), fat weaner pups resting together on beach with King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the background, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), fat weaner pups resting together on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking among harems of Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) harem on beach during breeding season with Graae Glacier and snowy mountains in background, Trollhul, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) group gathering on coastal rocks, Trollhul, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking around Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull on beach, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking past Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull resting on beach, with Bertrab Glacier in background, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking among Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) group on beach during breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking past Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull on beach during breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group approaching Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) female and bull, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) females and pups on beach during breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) harem on beach during pupping and breeding season in spring, mountains of Allardyce Range behind, South Georgia Island

Jan Vermeer / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group with Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in the background, Antarctica

Konrad Wothe / Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, Macquarie Island, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) and Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) resting on large ice floe, western Antarctica

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) group resting on ice floe, Antarctica

Richard Du Toit / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony on beach and in the water, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia

Thomas Mangelsen / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) group and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach, South Georgia Island

Tim Fitzharris / Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) juveniles laying on the beach, Point Piedras Blancas, Big Sur, California

Tim Fitzharris / Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) group of adults and juveniles laying on the beach, Point Piedras Blancas, Big Sur, California

Thomas Mangelsen / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) group and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Ingo Arndt / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out group resting, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) group resting with tourists in the background, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) swiming near Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice floe as penguins watch, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) circling Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice floe as penguins watch from the ice edge, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) colony, Hercules Bay, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) breeding bull with adult female and nursing 1 to 2 week old pup, Prion Island, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) large bull, Grytviken, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) large bull vocalizing in defense of territory, Grytviken, South Georgia

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) hit by waves at the surf's edge, Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) rookery at Fanshell Beach, Elkhorn Slough, California

Richard Du Toit / Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) group on rocks, Hout Bay, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pup and King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) juveniles on river bank in rookery, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) juveniles play fighting on beach near King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery, Allardyce Range in background, fall, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Islan...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups and subadults in sea surf and on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean,...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups and subadults in sea surf and on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean,...