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The right whale Phoenix, and her calf, swimming off the coast of Florida.
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Phoenix and Her Calf Sighted in February 2012

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The fringed baleen plates are easy to observe as this North Atlantic right whale skims the water’s surface while it feeds.
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Baleen in Action

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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An Ancient Whale Skeleton, Unexcavated

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Photo of a Hawaiian monk seal on the beach, with the ocean in the background.
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The Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

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a humpback jumps in an arc over the water
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A Humpback Breach

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Workers in a shed preparing the cast of the blue whale
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A Whale's Head

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a pile of pink walruses
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Walrus Haulout

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The North Atlantic right whale, Phoenix, lifts her tail up out of the water.
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Phoenix's Tail

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A fox explores a tide pool.
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Fox at the Tide Pools

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This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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Aquatic Locomotion of a Sea Lion

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Killer Whales Swimming

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