Sperm whale skeleton (Physeter macrocephalus), at Las Salinas del Carmen, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Whale skeleton, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Old whale bones in the beach near the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Skeleton of Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

Skull of an adult killer whale (Orcinus orca), on display inside the town of Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

Whale bone on a beach, Baffin island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Baleen whale skeleton, most likely a young Bryde's whale, on lava flow in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Baleen whale skeleton, most likely a young Bryde's whale, on lava flow in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Baleen whale skeleton, most likely a young Bryde's whale, on lava flow in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Skeleton from a Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) in the lava on Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Eskimos, sledge and whale bones at Yanrakino village (population 150), Chukchi Peninsula, Russian Far East, Russia, Asia

Whale skeleton in private garden, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Interior, Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Whale skeleton in private garden, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A householder in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands who has created a whale museum, with an anti whaling slant.

La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. November 11, 2021. Colorful mural of a whale in La Paz.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf vertabrae on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

The rotting corpse of an adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) on Isla San Pedro Martir in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Upper and lower jaw bones (+ one rib) of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) at an old whaling station. BBC Broadcaster John Craven for scale. Snaefellsness Peninsular, Iceland.

CT with an eight-inch tooth from lower right mandible (jawbone) of an adult bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus), Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Assorted Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) teeth from lower jaws of beached Sperm Whales in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Weathered whale vertebrae on Jougla Point near the old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy on Weincke Island, Antarctica.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Eight-inch tooth from lower right mandible (jawbone) of an adult bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

CT measures (9'8") the lower right mandible (jawbone) of an adult bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Model released.

Eight-inch tooth from lower right mandible (jawbone) of an adult bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the mid-riff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Weathered whale vertebrae on Jougla Point near the old British Whaling Station at Port Lockroy on Weincke Island, Antarctica.

View of outside surface of baleen plates removed from a young Humpback whale which stranded, dead, on a beach. Cape Cod, USA.

Upper and lower jaw bones (+ one rib) of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) at an old whaling station. Snaefellsness Peninsular, Iceland.

Whale Skeleton

Baleen whale skull showing baleen plates, Nouamghar, Mauritania (RR)

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) skeleton on the beach in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico. (Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Vertebrae from a whale skeleton. Baja, Mexico

Vertebrae from a whale skeleton. Baja, Mexico

Vertebrae from a whale skeleton. Baja, Mexico

Views of the Jougla Point, Antarctica. Jougla Point is located in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island

Whale Skeleton

Senckenberg-Museum, view of the hall with whales and elephants, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

City of Arts and Sciences, Science Museum, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe, like a skeleton of a giant whale, architect Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

Museo de las Ciencias PrÃŒncÃŒpe Felipe, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

L'Hemisferic, Museo de las Ciencias PrÌncÌpe Felipe, ¡gor, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

L'Hemisferic, Museo de las Ciencias PrÌncÌpe Felipe, ¡gor, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

Senckenberg-Museum, view of the hall with whales and elephants, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Museo de las Ciencias PrÃŒncÃŒpe Felipe, L'Hemisferic, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

Museo de las Ciencias PrÃŒncÃŒpe Felipe, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

L'Hemisferic, Museo de las Ciencias PrÌncÌpe Felipe, ¡gor, Architect Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain

Skeleton of a whale , Las Salinas , Fuerteventura , Canary Islands

Marine Scientist Dan DenDanto works on the ribs of a 45' sperm whale articulation at the whaling museum in Nantucket.