Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia - Whale
Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling: Encyclopedia - Whaling
Whaling is the hunting and killing of whales. Historically, poor conservation management by many nations led to far more whales being kil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Whales And Humans
Main article Whaling Most species of large whales are endangered as a result of large-scale whaling during the nineteenth and twentieth c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Whale Intelligence
For more material in this area, focusing more on dolphins, see cetacean intelligence. Many people believe that cetaceans in general, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Whale: Encyclopedia - Right Whale
 Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead Whale  Eubalaena australis, Southern Right Whale  Eubalaena glacialis, Atlantic Northern Righ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Oil: Encyclopedia - Whale Oil
Whale oil is the oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales of the genus Balaena, as B. mysticetus, Greenland or right wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Fall: Encyclopedia - Whale Fall
Whale fall is the term used for a whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor. When a whale dies in shallow water, its carcass is ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling In Japan: Encyclopedia - Whaling In Japan
Japan catches hundreds of whales every year, mainly from the South Pacific population of Minke Whales. The purpose of this killing is hot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baleen Whale: Encyclopedia - Baleen Whale
Balaenidae Balaenopteridae Eschrichtiidae Neobalaenidae Scientifically known as the Mysticeti, the baleen whales, also called whalebone w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaked Whale: Encyclopedia - Beaked Whale
Berardius Hyperoodon Indopacetus Mesoplodon Tasmacetus Ziphius A beaked whale is any of at least 20 species of small whale in the family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beached Whale: Encyclopedia - Beached Whale
A beached whale is a whale which has become stranded on land, usually on a beach. Beaching is often fatal for whales, as they become dehy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Whale: Encyclopedia - Blue Whale
The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is believed to be the largest an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Shark: Encyclopedia - Whale Shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a distinctively-marked member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. It is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Fest: Encyclopedia - Whale Fest
Whale Fest is an annual celebration of marine wildlife and specifically cetaceans in the Sitka, Alaska area. Whale Fest - About. Whale ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale
The Beluga Whale or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of cetacean. This marine mammal is commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Whale Rider: Encyclopedia - The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider is a 1987 book by New Zealand Maori author Witi Tame Ihimaera. The 2003 movie Whale Rider is an adaptation of the book, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Behaviour: Encyclopedia - Whale Behaviour
Whales exhibit various types of physical behaviour when they surface. This article describes the different behaviours commonly observed a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Watching: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Watching - Whaling And Whale Watching
All three of the current major whaling nations (Norway, Japan and Iceland) have large and growing whale watching industries. Indeed Icela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling - Modern Whaling
Although whale oil has little commercial value today, whale meat has come to be considered a delicacy, particularly in Japan and Norway (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling - Modern Whaling
Although whale oil has little commercial value today, whale meat has come to be considered a delicacy, particularly in Japan and Norway. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling - The Arguments For And Against Whaling
Whaling - Conservation status. The sharpest point of debate over whaling today concerns the conservation status of hunted species. Toda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Whale - Whaling
Right whales were named because whalers thought they were the 'right' whale to hunt, for several reasons. Most importantly, 40% of a righ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Whale - Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the right whales has long been controversial. The Bowhead Whale is clearly an individual species and has always been reco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minke Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Minke Whale - Whaling
Whaling was mentioned in Norwegian written sources as early as the year 800 and hunting Minke Whales with harpoons was common in the 11th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling - The History Of Whaling
Main article: History of whaling Humans have hunted whales since time immemorial. The oldest records of whale hunts are rock carvings fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Media
... See also:Humpback Whale, Humpback Whale - Physical description, Humpback Whale - Social structure and courtship, Humpback Whale -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Song - The Song Of The Humpback Whale
Two groups of whales, the Humpback Whale and the subspecies of Blue Whale found in the Indian Ocean, are known to produce the repetitious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling In Japan - Japanese Whaling Since The Suspension Of Commercial Whaling
Whaling in Japan - Whales taken by Japan while not bound by IWC suspension. Whaling in Japan - Whales taken under Special Permit scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Song - Other Whale Sounds
Most baleen whales make sounds at about 15–20 hertz. However, marine biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Media
... See also:Humpback Whale, Humpback Whale - Physical description, Humpback Whale - Social structure and courtship, Humpback Whale -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - In Fiction
In Moby-Dick, a novel where the chief whale protagonist is a Sperm Whale, Herman Melville describes the Humpback Whale as "the most games...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baleen Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Baleen Whale - Behaviour
Baleen whale - Movement. Baleen whales live in all oceans. All species travel seasonally. They spend the summer in cold waters in high ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Research
Although much was known about the size, shape, and composition of Humpback Whales due to whaling, the migratory patterns and social inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - In Fiction
In Moby-Dick, a novel where the chief whale protagonist is a Sperm Whale, Herman Melville describes the Humpback Whale as "the most games...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Whale - Population And Whaling
Blue Whale - The hunting era. Blue Whales are not easy to catch, kill, or retain. Their speed and power meant that they were often not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Research
Although much was known about the size, shape, and composition of Humpback Whales due to whaling, the migratory patterns and social inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Feeding
The species feeds only in summer and lives off fat reserves during winter. It is an energetic feeder, taking krill and small schooling fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Whale - Conservation
The particular vulnerability of the Northern Right Whale, which migrates through some of the world's busiest shipping lanes whilst journe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Humphrey
Probably the most famous humpback whale is "Humphrey," who was rescued twice by The Marine Mammal Center and other concerned groups. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Watching: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Watching - History
Whale watching as an organized activity dates back to 1950 when the Carbillo National Monument in San Diego was declared a public spot fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling In Japan - History
The oldest written mention of whaling in Japanese records is from Kojiki, the oldest known Japanese historical book. It dates back to 712...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - Taxonomy
The Sperm Whale was categorised first by Linnaeus in 1758 who recognised four species in the Physeter genus. Experts soon realised that j...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - Spermaceti
Spermaceti is the semiliquid, waxy substance found in the head of the Sperm Whale. The name derives from the late Latin sperma ceti (both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Feeding
The species feeds only in summer and lives off fat reserves during winter. It is an energetic feeder, taking krill and small schooling fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesoplodont Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesoplodont Whale - Species
English name (most common first), Latin name: Sowerby's Beaked Whale M. bidens Andrews' Beaked Whale M. bowdoini Hubbs' Beaked Whale M. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baleen Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Baleen Whale - Feeding
Baleen whales do not have teeth; they have baleen instead. They engulf sea water containing crustaceans, then close their mouth and creat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beached Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beached Whale - Causes
The cause of beaching is not definitively known. However, there is some evidence that anti-submarine warfare sonar and other underwater n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beached Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beached Whale - Carcass
After a beached whale dies, they can become sources of disease and pollution; as they are very large, such corpses are difficult to move ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - In The News
In July 2003 a huge blob of white flesh was found washed up on a beach on the coast of southern Chile. The 12-metre-long (40 ft) mass of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Song - Production Of Sound
Humans produce sound by expelling air through the larynx. The vocal cords within the larynx open and close as necessary to separate the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - Physical Description
The Sperm Whale is exceptional for its very large head, particularly in males, which is typically one-third of the animals' length. Indee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Song - Human Interaction
Though some observers suggest that undue fascination has been placed on the whales' songs simply because the animals are under the sea, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exploding Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Exploding Whale - Oregon
In November 1970, a 14 m (45 ft.), eight ton sperm whale died as a result of beaching itself near Florence, Oregon [1]. At the time, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Physical Description
Humpback Whales can easily be identified by their stocky bodies with obvious humps and black upper parts. The head and lower jaw are cove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Humpback is the sole member of the genus Megaptera, and is usually classified in its own subfamily Megapterinae within the family Bal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Interactions With Humans
Humpback Whales have been known to sailors throughout recorded history. The sight of these gigantic creatures jumping out of the water is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toothed Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Toothed Whale - Behaviour
Toothed whale - Vocals. Vocalizations are of great importance for toothed whales. They maintain a broad variety of calls to communicate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Social Structure And Courtship
The Humpback social structure is loose-knit. Usually, individuals live alone or in transient small groups that come together and break up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Population And Distribution
The Humpback Whale is found in all the major oceans, in a wide band running from about 60° S to 65° N latitude. It is a migratory speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Whale - Population And Distribution
Three different populations of Right Whales inhabit the ocean, in the North Pacific, the North Atlantic and the southern oceans. Scientis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Physical Description
Humpback Whales can easily be identified by their stocky bodies with obvious humps and black upper parts. The head and lower jaw are cove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Humpback is the sole member of the genus Megaptera, and is usually classified in its own subfamily Megapterinae within the family Bal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Interactions With Humans
Humpback Whales have been known to sailors throughout recorded history. The sight of these gigantic creatures jumping out of the water is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Social Structure And Courtship
The Humpback social structure is loose-knit. Usually, individuals live alone or in transient small groups that come together and break up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Population And Distribution
The Humpback Whale is found in all the major oceans, in a wide band running from about 60° S to 65° N latitude. It is a migratory speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - Feeding Behaviour And Diving
Sperm Whales, along with bottlenose whales, are the deepest-diving mammals in the world. They are believed to be able to dive up to 3,000...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sperm Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sperm Whale - Population And Hunting
The total number of Sperm Whales throughout the world is unknown. Crude estimates, obtained by surveying small areas and extrapolating th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fin Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Fin Whale - Taxonomy
The Finback has long been known to taxonomists. It was first described by Frederick Martens in 1675 and then again by Paul Dudley in 1725...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minke Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Minke Whale - Physical Characteristics
The Minke Whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales - only the Pygmy Right Whale is smaller. Male and female Minke Whales measure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Blue Whale is one of seven species of whale in the genus Balaenoptera. DNA sequencing analysis, however, shows that Blue Whales are p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sei Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sei Whale - Population And Distribution
Sei Whales are found worldwide in a band stretching from about 60 degrees south to 60 degrees north. Deep off-shore waters are preferred....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exploding Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Exploding Whale - Tainan Taiwan
Another whale explosion occurred on January 26, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan. In this incident a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Fest: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Fest - About
Whale Fest occurs in November every year in Sitka with the event primarily having a local focus. Many guest speakers and researchers are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gray Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Gray Whale - Captivity
In 1972, a 3-month-old Gray Whale named Gigi was captured for brief study, and then released near San Diego. In January 1997, the new-bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Whale - Physical Description
The Blue Whale has a long tapering body that appears stretched in comparison with the much stockier appearance of other whales. The head ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Shark - Importance To Humans
The whale shark is targeted by artisanal and commercial fisheries in several areas where they seasonally aggregate. The population is unk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowhead Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowhead Whale - Population Status
Bowhead Whales have been hunted for their blubber, meat, oil, bones and baleen. They are closely related to the right whale and share wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Louse: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Louse - Way Of Life
Most species of whale lice are connected to a specific species of whale. They remain with their host throughout their entire development ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Watching: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Watching - Today
Whale watching today is carried out from the water from crafts from kayaks, motorized rafts, and sailboats through to out-of-use fish or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beluga Whale - Behaviour
Beluga are highly sociable creatures. They move in close-knit pods which commonly contain animals of the same gender and age. Groups of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whaling In The Faroe Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Whaling In The Faroe Islands - A Threat To The Whale Population?
Debate rages about the whether the hunt represents a significant threat to Pilot Whale populations. The size of the North-east Atlantic p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Whale Rider: Encyclopedia Ii - The Whale Rider - Plot
The movie's plot follows the story of twelve-year-old Pai (or Kahu, in the book), who is the only living child in the line of the tribe's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fin Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Fin Whale - Physical Description And Behaviour
Fin Whales are enormous animals. The longest specimens - typically females found in Southern Hemisphere populations can be up to 26 m in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Behaviour: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Behaviour - Lobtailing And Slapping
Lobtailing is the act of a whale or dolphin lifting their tail fluke out of the water and then bringing it down onto the surface of the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gray Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Gray Whale - Conservation And Human Interaction
The only predators of adult Gray Whales are humans and orcas. After the California Gray Whales' breeding grounds were discovered in 1857,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowhead Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowhead Whale - Reproduction And Lifespan
Bowhead Whales are highly vocal and use underwater sounds to communicate while traveling, feeding, and socializing. Some Bowheads produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale Shark - Anatomy And Appearance
The greatest size accurately recorded was 12 meters (39 ft) long, with unofficial accounts of 18 meters (59 ft). It is not to be confused...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sei Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Sei Whale - Taxonomy And Naming
This rorqual is in the order Cetacea. Like all the biggest whales it has baleen plates rather than teeth. This places it in the suborder ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gray Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Gray Whale - Population Distribution And Migration
Two Pacific Ocean populations of Gray Whales exist: one small population travelling between the Sea of Okhotsk and southern Korea, and a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fin Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Fin Whale - Population And Distribution
Like many of the large rorquals, the Fin Whale is a cosmopolitan species. It is found in all the world's major oceans, and in waters rang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Hollywood Career
Whale was best known for his work in the horror genre, making such momentous and iconic pictures as Frankenstein, where he was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Whale - Early Life
Born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of a blast furnaceman and a nurse. He was thought not strong enough to follow hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Whale: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Whale
  Whale To dream of seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you will have a struggle between duties, and will be threat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bottlenose Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Bottlenose Whale - Population And Distribution
The Northern Bottlenose Whale is endemic to the North Atlantic Ocean and occurs in cool and subarctic waters. It is found in the Davis St...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Whale: Dream Interpretation - Whale
  Whale To dream of seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you will have a struggle between duties, and will be threat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Whale Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Whale
Whale Dream Symbols (1) A whale may symbolize your mother, or feminity in general. If it looks as though it might swallow you, it may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Whales In Culture
The King James Version of the Bible mentions whales four times: "And God created great whales" (Genesis 1:21); "Am I a sea, or a whale, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Origins And Taxonomy
Whales, along with most dolphins and porpoises, are descendants of land-living mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. They entere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Anatomy
Like all mammals, whales breathe air into lungs, are warm-blooded (that is, endothermic), breast-feed their young, and have some (althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Whale - Behaviour
Main article: Whale behaviour Whales are broadly classed as predators, but their food ranges from microscopic plankton to very large fish...   » Read the article