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This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
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Fishing Gear Solutions

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This photo provides a small glimpse of the amazing variety of whale skulls and skeletons available for study at the Smithsonian.
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Whale Collections

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This radio device is used to track North Atlantic right whales. Suction cups hold the device to a whale's back, where it records data such as depth, water, temperature, and underwater sounds.
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Whale Tracking Device

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Whalers harpoon a right whale
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Harpooning Whales

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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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Members of the Tlingit Nation celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall.
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Celebrating in Washington

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This mask sits atop a decorative breastplate with images of whaling crews in skin boats called umiaks.
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Inupiat Ceremonial Mask

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With the sun in its beak, the canoe’s raven figurehead points the way.
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Canoe Figurehead

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Cleaning up abandoned fishing nets
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Cleaning Up Abandoned Fishing Nets

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An orange sunset over the ocean.
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Ocean Sunset

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Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Marine Mammal Herbivore Skulls

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A sculpture of a giant octopus made of ocean debris
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Octavia the Octopus

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