A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Rhincodon typus, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa.
Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) at Wolf Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.
Bigeye jacks, Caranx sexfasciatus, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Galapagos penguin, underwater, swimming. Bartolome Island, Galapagos. Spheniscus mendiculus.
Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females.
Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.
Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest, Fregata magnificens, Galapagos Islands.
Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.
Nazca booby in flight.
Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish.
Darwin's Arch, Darwin Island, Galapagos. Darwin's Arch broke and fell into the ocean in June 2021.
Marine iguana, underwater, forages for green algae that grows on the lava reef.
Galapagos shark.
Whale shark.
Blue-footed booby, courtship display.
Sally Lightfoot crab.
Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish.
Galapagos sea lion.
Galapagos penguin at sunset.
Galapagos sea lion on volcanic rocks, sunset.
Coral hawkfish.
Stone scorpionfish.
Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island.
Hammerhead sharks, schooling.
Schooling fish, Albany.
Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile.
Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with raised wings and throat pouch inflated in a courtship display to attract females.
Galapagos sea lion, Punta Espinosa.
Brown pelican.
Galapagos fur seal, Darwin Island.
Greater flamingo.
Galapagos sea lion blows a bubble.
Galapagos sea lion, adult male.
Scalloped hammerhead shark.
Orange cup coral.
Black coral.
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Flightless cormorant. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle.
Black coral. The fan is five feet in diameter and the color of the live coral is more yellow-green than black.
Bigeye trevally jacks, schooling.
Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island.
Brown pelican.
Sea Turtle, underwater, black and white.
Yellowtail surgeonfish.
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Unidentified snapper.
Bottlenose dolphin.
Striped sea chub, schooling.
Galapagos sea lion, Sullivan Bay.
Pacific creolefish form immense schools and are a source of food for predatory fishes.
A SCUBA diver is immersed in an enormous school of Pacific creolefish, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Spotted eagle ray.
Brown pelican, waves, rocks and cliffs, sunset.
Booby in flight, motion blurred, dusk, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Gordon Rocks, a spectacular dive site near South Plaza Island.
Wolf Island, with a liveaboard tour boat below sheer seacliffs, is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island.
Galapagos land iguana.
Bartolome.
Darwin Island, with Darwins Arch on the right. Darwin Island is the northernmost of the Galapagos Islands and is home to enormous numbers of seabirds.
Galapagos penguin, perched on volcanic rocks. Galapagos penguins are the northernmost species of penguin. Punta Albemarle.
Nazca booby.
Turtle.
Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.
Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Galapagos sea lion pup.
Galapagos sea lion on sandy beach, sunset.
Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island.
Seacliffs, home of many seabirds.
An inflatable boat full of adventurous divers heads towards Roca Redonda (round rock), a lonely island formed from volcanic forces, in the western part of the Galapagos archipelago.
Schooling fish, black and white / grainy.
Boat Lammer Law lies at anchor near Isabella Island.
Small plants have adapted to the arid condition in the Galapagos. Bartolome Island.
Blue-footed booby chick.
Blue-footed booby, Punta Albemarle.
Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.
Encrusting sponges cover the lava reef.
Bubbles rise from the depths of the ocean. Black and white. Galapagos, Ecuador.
Urchins on rock, black and white / grainy.
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Yellowtail surgeonfish, motion blur, Prionurus laticlavius, Cousins Rock, Galapagos, Ecuador.