Killer whales Orcinus orca, pod travelling together, one individual with flopped dorsal fin Monterey, California, USA

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). A classic view of a blue whale. Gulf of California.

False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Azores

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) exhaling at surface Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) head shoving a bow wave in front of it. Gulf of California.

Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorynchus). A baby pilot whale surfaces in the middle of a group. Gulf of California.

Tiny water droplets catch the last light of the setting sun as this Finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) exhales blasting the air compressed in its huge lungs high into the air. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

A pod of 6 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Sail Island and followed until McDonald Rocks in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska. The pod consisted of two adult males, two adult females, one possible juvenile male, and an undetermined smaller juvenile.

Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorynchus). A pair of pilot whale fins with the coast behind. Gulf of California.

Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorynchus). A reflection of a blow from a surfacing pilot whale. The pectoral fin clearly visible. Gulf of California.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) photographed through the surface of the water with long white pectoral fin clearly showing. Antarctic Peninsula

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). The huge tail stock of a blue whale showing lots of round scars thought to be from cookie cutter sharks. The tiny dorsal fin is clealry visible to the left. Gulf of California.

A humpback whale mother and her calf.

A female humpback whale swims with her calf through ocean waters.

A humpback whale calf swims around its mother in the ocean.

Flora & Fauna - line art - a 19th century engraving Animal - mammal - the order cetacea Dolphin Dolphins are actually small, streamlined whales. They appear in the writings of Aristotle, Aesop, Herodotus, and Pliny wherein they began to gain their now m

Flora & Fauna - line art - a 19th century engraving Animal - mammal - the order cetacea Dolphin Dolphins are actually small, streamlined whales. They appear in the writings of Aristotle, Aesop, Herodotus, and Pliny wherein they began to gain their now m

A diver encounters two humpback whales in the ocean.

Two humpback whales over a reef in shallow ocean waters.

Two adult humpback whales escort a baby calf.

Two humpback whales come to the surface of ocean waters to breath.

A diver swims with a group of Humpback Whales and tuna.

Two killer whales swim into an ocean inlet.

Two humpback whales swim together in beautiful ocean waters.

Whale Fin