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“The southern elephant seal is a truly restrained behemoth. Males can grow to be five times larger than females, up to 5,000 pounds. This elephant seal may look fierce, but he was simply yawning over and over in the wave-wash. This allowed me to try mult
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Southern Elephant Seal, Gold Harbour, South Georgia

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Elephant seals' eyes are specialized to dim light and, in particular, to light at the wavelength of 485 nm -- which is the same wavelength given off by the bioluminescent lanternfish that are the seals' main prey.
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Elephant Seals Laze on the Beach

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A common dolphin with calf jump through the ocean.
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Common Dolphin and Calf

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A pod of Baird's beaked whales in the eastern North Pacific.
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Baird's Beaked Whales

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A male sperm whale feeding near the surface.
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Sperm Whale Shows His Teeth

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Narwhals Breaching

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A harp seal pup rests on the ice at sunset in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.
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Harp Seal Pup at Sunset

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A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in Maine. 
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Grey Seal Strikes a Pose

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Polar bear siblings in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area near Hudson Bay spar playfully during migration.
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Polar bears at play

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

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Polar bears are threatened by a lack of sea ice.
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Climate Change at the Poles

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