Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

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Photo: Biologist Brian deLong reaches into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St. George Island in Alaska's Pribilof Islands.

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Biologist Brian deLong reaches into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St. George Island in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Both seal and sea lion populations have declined sharply in recent years due to human overfishing.

Photo: Biologist Terry Spraker (background) and his assistant Brian deLong reach into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St. George Island in Alaska's Pribilof Islands.

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Biologist Terry Spraker (background) and his assistant Brian deLong reach into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St. George Island in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Both seal and sea lion populations have declined sharply in recent years due to human overfishing.

Photo: Biologist Terry Spraker reaches into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St.George Island in Alaska's Pribilof Islands.

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Biologist Terry Spraker reaches into a Northern fur seal rookery with a pole to retrieve a dead pup for necropsy on St.George Island in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Both seal and sea lion populations have declined sharply in recent years due to human overfishing.

Photo: Biologist Terry Spraker and his assistant Brian deLong examine a female Northern fur seal killed by two males in a rookery on St. George Island in Alaska's Pribilof Islands.

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Biologist Terry Spraker and his assistant Brian deLong examine a female Northern fur seal killed by two males in a rookery on St. George Island in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Both seal and sea lion populations have declined sharply in recent years due to human overfishing.

Photo: Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

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Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

Photo: Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

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Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

Photo: Northern fur seal and pup at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska.) The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Northern fur seal and pup at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska.) The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Photo: Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

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Northern fur seals (Vulnerable Red List status) at a rookery on St. George Island in the Pribilofs (Alaska).

Photo: Steller sea lion mother and pup at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Steller sea lion mother and pup at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Photo: Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Photo: Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Photo: Caribou in Denali National Park in Alaska's interior.

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Caribou in Denali National Park in Alaska’s interior.

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