The aquarium said that gray whales are easily distinguished from other species because they lack a dorsal fin and have certain ... regularly in the northern Pacific Ocean, they have been extinct ...

Whale shark with injury to the dorsal fin, likely to be caused by collision with a vessel. Credit: Gonzalo Araujo ...

Biologists have established a standardized way to describe and identify individual whales based on high-resolution black and white pictures of the dorsal (top) fin and the saddle patch (pigmented ...

DESCRIPTION: Robust and stocky with a gigantic mouth, the North Atlantic right whale is easily identifiable through its black coloration, lack of a dorsal fin, arched jaw that ... to be similar to ...

A nature enthusiast and photographer was excited when they realized they had photographed the tiny dorsal fin ... whale is part of a critically endangered pod of whales who live in the Pacific ...