2025 Season

Arctic

Antarctica

Hawaii

Whale Shark (active)

White Shark (active)

Image Credits: White Shark: Matt Davis, Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Whale Shark: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary/Ryan Eckert,

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2002 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Gray Seal Harbor Porpoise Loggerhead Turtle Northern Right Whale

2003 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Blue Marlin California Sea Lion Gray Seal Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Hooded Seal Loggerhead Turtle Northern Right Whale Sailfish White Marlin

2004 Black-footed Albatross California Sea Lion Gray Whale Green Sea Turtle Harbor Porpoise Harp Seal Hawaiian Monk Seal Hooded Seal Loggerhead Turtle Northern Right Whale Sooty Shearwater

2005 Black-footed Albatross California Sea Lion Gray Seal Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Harp Seal Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Rough Toothed Dolphin Steller Sea Lions White-sided Dolphin

2006 Common Dolphin Glaucous Gull Gray Seal Harbor Seal Hawksbill Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Polar Bear Ringed Seal Tiger Shark

2007 Adelie Penguin Black-footed Albatross California Sea Lion Common Dolphin False Killer Whale Gray Seal Harbor Porpoise Harbor Seal Harp Seal Hawaiian Monk Seal Hawksbill Turtle Hooded Seal Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Polar Bear Sooty Shearwater

2008 Adelie Penguin Black-footed Albatross California Sea Lion False Killer Whale Gray Seal Greater Shearwater Harbor Seal Harp Seal Hawaiian Monk Seal Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle North Pacific Right Whale Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Polar Bear Short-finned Pilot Whale Sooty Shearwater Southern Elephant Seals Walrus

2009 Adelie Penguin California Sea Lion False Killer Whale Flatback Turtle Gray Seal Greater Shearwater Harbor Seal Harp Seal Hawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Pink-footed Shearwater Polar Bear Sooty Shearwater Southern Elephant Seals Walrus

2010 California Sea Lion False Killer Whale Flatback Turtle Greater Shearwater Harbor Porpoise Harbor Seal Harp Seal Hawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Pink-footed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater

2011 Flatback Turtle Greater Shearwater Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Harp Seal Hawksbill Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Pink-footed Shearwater

2012 Black-footed Albatross Flatback Turtle Gray Seal Greater Shearwater Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Olive Ridley Turtle Pink-footed Shearwater

2013 California Sea Lion Gray Seal Greater Shearwater Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Olive Ridley Turtle Razorbill

2014 Basking Shark California Sea Lion Flatback Turtle Gray Seal Green Sea Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Silky Shark

2015 California Sea Lion Flatback Turtle Gray Seal Green Sea Turtle Harbor Seal Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Razorbill Whale Shark

2016 Blue Whale California Sea Lion Flatback Turtle Green Sea Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Whale Shark

2017 Basking Shark Blue Whale California Sea Lion Green Sea Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Kemps Ridley Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle Whale Shark

2018 Basking Shark California Sea Lion Green Sea Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Leopard Seal Loggerhead Turtle Northern Elephant Seals Olive Ridley Turtle

2019 Hawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Minke Whale Northern Elephant Seals White Shark

2020 Black Marlin Leatherback Sea Turtle Mediterranean Spearfish Northern Elephant Seals White Shark

2021 Black Marlin Blue Marlin Common Murre Humpback Whale Mediterranean Spearfish Minke Whale Northern Elephant Seals Striped Marlin White Shark

2022 Green Sea Turtle White Shark

2023 Hawksbill Turtle Whale Shark White Shark

2024 Hawksbill Turtle Whale Shark White Shark