Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

The Charles W. Morgan tallship
Article

History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Read the Full Article
Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
Photo

Vaquitas as Bycatch

View Image
two veterinarians listen to a dolphins heart next to a dock
Photo

Navy Dolphin

View Image
January 14, 1987: Phoenix is first spotted as she swims with her mother, Stumpy, off the coast of Georgia.
Photo

Phoenix’s First Sighting

View Image
Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
Photo

Whale Lice

View Image
A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
Photo

Model of Phoenix

View Image
Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
Photo

The Digsite at Cerro Ballena

View Image
This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
Photo

Fishing Gear Solutions

View Image
Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
Photo

Beware of Fishing Gear

View Image
Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
Article

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

Read the Full Article
A North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea.
Photo

North Pacific Right Whale

View Image
A black and white illustration of a Cuvier's beaked whale.
Audio

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Listen to the Audio