Spiral whip coral off the coast of Indonesia.
Meerkat in a zoo, Botswana
Adorable, solitary meerkat stands tall atop a hollow log in his habitat enclosure, standing guard over his den.
The population of Northern sea otters living in the waters off south Alaska (pictured herewith) has thankfully stabilized despite thousands of sea otters perishing in Prince William Sound as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Rebuilding the population took about 25 years. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a 2014 report concluding that the population had recovered to pre-spill levels.
Turtles are surprisingly good swimmers. When active, sea turtles must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes, but when they are resting, they can remain underwater for as long as 2 hours without breathing.
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Polar bear cubs on or near the Hudson Bay shoreline in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. (Click on images for full views.)
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Adélie penguins were discovered in 1840 by French adventurer Jules Dumont d"Urville, who named them after his wife, Adèle. Despite their small size, Adélie penguins are sleek swimmers and can dive as deep as 575 feet in search of shrimp-like krill or fish. They are found only in the Southern Hemisphere, more specifically along the coastal regions of Antarctica.
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Hummingbird's sequins-like feathers change colour as it moves
Video shows an Anna's hummingbird's sequins-like feathers change colour as it moves its head. The photographer managed to capture this footage in Zhejiang, China, on April 4. As the bird's head moves from side to side, its face and throat change from dark brown to fluorescent pink and orange.
