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

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) carcass in Holmabukta off the northwest of the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) carcass in Holmabukta off the northwest of the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), surfacing off Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

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

Female orca breaching in Boundary Pass, Canada-Washington border

Orca breaching. (Orcinus orca) San Juan Islands, Washington. (Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Adult California gray whale courtship in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Adult California gray whale underwater (detail of eye and barnacles). San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Adult humpback whale fluke-up dive in Frederick Sound, southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult humpback whale fluke-up dive in Frederick Sound, southeast Alaska, USA.

Portrait of a sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Vulnerable (IUCN), Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 13/365 W-03.