Watch a blue whale blow water in the video below: The blue whale possesses a small dorsal fin near the rear of its body and pectoral flippers (up to 20 feet long) to aid its maneuvering.

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

Those on board were able to see the whale's distinct dorsal fin, which has three nicks along one edge. First photographed in 2000, Kasey has been seen more than 30 times during the past 21 years.

The long-term analysis of blue whale and fin whale vocalizations in the eastern Fram Strait offers valuable insights into seasonal and annual patterns regarding these species' occurrence in the ...

Snowy got her nickname because of a white patch on her dorsal fin A minke whale nicknamed Snowy has set a European record for the number of years she has been seen. The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin ...

They are blue-black in color with a large white spot on their ... which can total 65 feet in length. Like many arctic whales, bowheads have no dorsal fin; this adaptation allows them to navigate ...

It appears the whale did successfully go back out to sea, despite a lacerated dorsal fin.

Blue whales found to swallow 10 million microplastic ... citing wounds near its dorsal fin suspected to have been caused by a propeller.

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 ...