Andres M. Dominguez / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag and two hinds, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, September.

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in blizzard, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, adults and juveniles, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during blizzard, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

Todd Pusser / Northern right whale dolphin at surface {Lissodelphis borealis} Monterey Bay, California Pacific

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) noses the kayak of biologist Kerry Finley, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of Southern right whales (Eubalaena glacialis australis) mating group, Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of Southern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis australis) breaching, Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of two Southern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis australis) close to shore, Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of Southern right whales (Eubalaena glacialis australis) mating group - including 'brindled' individual (was albino as a calf) Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of two Southern right whales (Eubalaena glacialis australis) probably male and female 'courting', Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Aerial shot of Southern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis australis) mother and calf, Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Endangered species

Hiroya Minakuchi / Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) jumping, Monterey Bay, California

Hiroya Minakuchi / Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) jumping, Monterey Bay, California

Hiroya Minakuchi / Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) pair jumping, Monterey Bay, California

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) huddled together in group in storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) huddling together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

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) weaner pups and King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull flipper, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull with moulted penguin feathers stuck to its wet fur, 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 / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull resting on sandy beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull with moulted penguin feathers stuck to its wet fur, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) bull with moulted penguin feathers stuck to its wet fur, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) females and pups on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull attempting to copulate with female, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Richard Du Toit / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) surfacing, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf surfacing, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Chris Gomersall / Breeding colony of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, January 2007

Chris Gomersall / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) close-up. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica.

Chris Gomersall / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) close-up. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica.

Chris Gomersall / Breeding colony of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica. January 2007

Richard Du Toit / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) aerial, Walker Bay, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult adjusting egg on feet while incubating in rookery, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks and adults in large busy rookery near sea, fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adults near rookery on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group swimming and washing in sea to keep feathers clean and assure good insulation for their blubber encased bodies, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgi...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick near big and crowded rookery with thousands of birds, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) big and crowded rookery with tens of thousands of birds, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance South Georgia Island

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,...

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

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking by stream in evening near rookery, early fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) among tussock grasses near large rookery, early fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adults interacting, some molting, near rookery on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs or protecting their small chicks, near sea beach, early fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs or protecting their small chicks, near sea beach, early fall, Right Whale Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Conve...

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) in open water, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) researcher Kerry Finley approaching whale, Isabella Bay, Canada

Doug Allan / Doug Allan, cameraman, filming King Penguin rookery (Aptenodytes patagoni) Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, for BBC 'Life in the Freezer', 1998

Todd Pusser / Northern right whale dolphins {Lissodelphis borealis} Monterey Bay, California Pacific

Todd Pusser / Leaping Northern right whale dolphin {Lissodelphis borealis} Monterey Bay, California, USA

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) observed by Canadian biologist Kerry Finley in kayak, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) resting at water surface, Isabella Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) resting at waters surface, Isabella Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) observed by Canadian biologist Kerry Finley in kayak, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) pair nuzzling each other, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada

Tui De Roy / Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) stranded whales rescued by local volunteers, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) stranded whales rescued by local volunteers, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) aerial view of 50 foot adult scarred by scrapes with ice and Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) aerial view of 50 foot adult scarred by scrapes with ice and Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) aerial view of 50 foot adult scarred by scrapes with ice and Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

TOM WALMSLEY / Southern right breaching {Balaena glacialis australis} Walker Bay, South Africa

Onne van der Wal / The crew of a visiting yacht carrying their seal sticks and dressed in foul weather gear watching Fur seals, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) colonies on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adults near rookery on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on muddy beach near rookery, early fall, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs, protecting their small chicks, walking or sleeping, near sea beach, early fall, Right Whale Bay, Southern Oce...

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) researcher Kerry Finley in kayak beside whale, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) tails, Isabella Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) researcher Kerry Finley satellite tagging whale, Isabella Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) researcher Kerry Finley listening to whales, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada