Doc White / California sea otter (Enhydra lutris) feeding on Northern kelp crab, Monterey Bay, California, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean, May

Floris van Breugel / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) over winter on Eucalyptus and Monterey Cypress trees near Pismo Beach, San Luis, California, USA December.. When temperatures warm up enough, they will embark on...

Lynn M Stone / Yellow Labrador Retriever standing in glasswort against a blue sky. Monterey Peninsula, California, USA, February.

Suzi Eszterhas / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) mother and pup, Monterey Bay, California, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha / achlyos) Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA, Captive

Suzi Eszterhas / Two Purple / Striped Jellyfish (Pelegia / Chrysaora colorata) Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA, Captive

Suzi Eszterhas / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) portrait, with nesting material in beak, Monterey Bay, California, USA, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) adult in flight over Irish sea off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, August 2010. Did you know? Hitchcock's film 'The Birds' was partly inspired by an incident in Mon...

Visuals Unlimited / Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) jelly swarm.

Ingo Arndt / Shoal of Pacific / South african sardines (Sardinops sagax) Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA

Doc White / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) feeding. Monterey Bay, California, USA, captive

Tim Laman / Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus), one with fishing wire caught round its neck. Monterey Bay, California.

Kirkendall-Spring / Waves surging onto a pebble beach, Monterey Coast, California, USA

Todd Pusser / Pod of transient killer whales {Orcinus orca} porpoising, Monterey Bay, California, USA.

Todd Pusser / Adult male transient killer whale {Orcinus orca) + whale watching boat. Monterey Bay, California, USA.

DOC WHITE / Sea otter underwater feeding on squid Monterey Bay captive {Enhydra lutris}

DOC WHITE / Sea otter underwater Monterey Bay captive {Enhydra lutris}

Peggy Stap / Risso's dolphin family group, note colour variation {Grampus griseus} Monterey Bay, CA, USA

Brandon Cole / Diver exploring kelp forest and corals, Monterey Bay, California, North America. NOT FOR SALE IN USA

Brandon Cole / Opal squid portrait {Loligo opalescens} Monterey Bay, California, USA also known as Market squid, Common squid, Opalescent Squid or Calamari. NOT FOR SALE IN USA

Sue Flood / Grey whale mother tries to lift her calf as Killer whales (Orcinus orca) attack, Monterey, Pacific, California USA

Todd Pusser / Grey whale skim feeding at sea surface on krill {Eschrichtius robustus} Monterey Bay California Pacific

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

Todd Pusser / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Monterey Bay, California, USA.

Sue Flood / Killer whale {Orcinus orca} attacking Grey whale calf, off Monterey, California, USA

Lynn M Stone / Cormorants flying over waves at sunset. Monterey bay, California, USA

Norbert Wu / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming underwater, Monterey, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup in shallows, Elkhorn Slough, California

Ralph Pace / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) in kelp forest, Monterey, California

Ralph Pace / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), Monterey, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) pup hugging mother, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) mother carrying pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) female, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Orca (Orcinus orca) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) accidentally traps California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) in mouth while gulp feeding, Monterey Bay, California, sequence 1 of 4

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) feeding on Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) prey, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) group, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching at sunset, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) egg case and embryo, Monterey, California