Captive whales don't have enough space to reach these speeds. Ultimately, the curved dorsal fin is still a mystery. Curved, or not, the orca's giant fin is a beacon to all, this apex predator is a ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

Galway PhD student Seán O’Callaghan develops a novel method for identifying sperm whales using aerial photographs.

Blue whales dwarf all known species of dinosaur ... Watch show the gigantic mammal swimming by, its gray back and dorsal fin visible from above the water. The significance of the sighting was ...

Unlike many other whales, such as orcas and blue whales, belugas have no dorsal fin. Instead, they have a low ridge where the dorsal fin would be. The lack of a dorsal fin prevents heat loss and makes ...

On one occasion, she grabbed the skin under a whale shark’s first dorsal fin as it cruised by. She held on, going ever deeper underwater until, at some point, it occurred to her she’d better ...

They have a characteristically small dorsal fin and 40 to 50 grooves in their throat that expand when feeding, researchers said. Bryde’s whales belong to the same family as blue whales and ...

National Marine Sancuary Foundation photo Using dorsal fin, mouth line and underwater ... Researchers at the Pacific Whale Foundation completed a study using new methods to evaluate the impact ...