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Humpback whales: Size, behavior, and threats
Learn about the humpback whale.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Explore the Whale Museum and the whales around the San Juan Islands
A discussion of whales around the San Juan Islands of Washington, from the documentary...
Video: Great Museums Television (
A Britannica Publishing Partner
)
Meet the manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, and seals in their natural habitat
Underwater footage of manta rays, barracudas, sharks, sperm and right whales, seals,...
Video: Carl Finkbeiner (
A Britannica Publishing Partner
)
How whales and dolphins use the sounds they make
John Rafferty, associate editor of Earth sciences of
Encyclopædia Britannica
,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Baby beluga whales in Canada
Female belugas returning to Canada's Hudson Bay to give birth and raise their young.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Christopher Meder/Dreamstime.com
Visit Rurutu, French Polynesia, and watch humpback whales
Humpback-whale watching at Rurutu, French Polynesia.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Studying humpback whales in the South Pacific
Marine biologists studying the humpback whale (
Megaptera novaeangliae
) in...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Listen to a humpback whale pod communicate via underwater “songs”
Humpback whales (
Megaptera novaeangliae
) recorded at sea.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Experience whale watching in Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic and efforts to protect the breathtaking creatures
Whale watching in Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Encountering a newborn sperm whale
A diver encountering a newborn sperm whale.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
What is known about True's beaked whale?
An overview of beaked whales, particularly True's beaked whale (
Mesoplodon mirus
).
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Know the different theories explaining why whales become beached onshore
Learn why whales—such as pilot whales at Fairwell Spit, New Zealand—sometimes get...
Video: © Behind the News (
A Britannica Publishing Partner
)
Images
killer whale (
Orcinus orca
)
Killer whale (
Orcinus orca
).
Nature Picture Library/Alamy
species of whales
Whales (order Cetacea).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
breeding grounds and migration routes of the humpback whale
Breeding grounds and migration routes of the humpback whale.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Beluga, or white whale (
Delphinapterus leucas
).
E.R. Degginger/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
whaling
Japanese factory ship hauling a minke whale through a slipway in the ship's stern,...
Culley/Greenpeace
breaching humpback
Humpback whale (
Megaptera novaeangliae
) breaching.
Al Giddings/Images Unlimited
A humpback whale (
Megaptera novaeangliae
) breaching the ocean surface near...
© Josef78/Shutterstock.com
Humpback whale (
Megaptera novaeangliae
) breaching.
© Comstock Images/Jupiterimages
Humpback whale surfacing, showing blowholes.
Vincent Serventy
Beluga (
Delphinapterus leucas
).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
blue whale
Blue whale (
Balaenoptera musculus
).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Orca, or killer whale (
Orcinus orca
).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Sei whale (
Balaenoptera borealis
).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
A moratorium on commercial whaling was finally imposed in 1986 after decades of overhunting...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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