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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Whale at the Museum

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Ramari Stewart

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A humpback whale breaching.
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Humpback Whale Breaching

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A painter sponges grey spots on the model whale
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The Newest Whale

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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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A common bottlenose dolphin swimming.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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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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Whales are identifiable by their distinct pattern of callosities.
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Whale Callosities

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Phoenix is seen skim feeding off the coast of Maine in August 2004.
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Phoenix Feeding

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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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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

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