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

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) pup specimen, circumglobal in warm and temperate seas

Snorkellers getting close up to the elusive Whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Species Endangered. Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt (rr)

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) showing white lower jaw in calm sea. Gulf of California. (RR)

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) caught in creel line. Minke whales are occasionally caught in the lines connecting lobster pots (creels) and will drown if not released promptly. This creel fishermen helped researchers untangle this dead whale from another fisherman's gear. Hebrides, Scotland

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) fluking before diving to depths of about 1000m. Fluke span can range from 3 to 5m for mature adults. Endangered, Ionian Sea, Greece. (RR)

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in a social unit positioning themselves in a parallel formation known as "logging". Resting after socailising. Endangered, Ionian Sea, Greece.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) dorsal fin with evident calluses which may be linked to maturation of adult females. Also notable sloughing skin which occurs in both sexes. Endangered, Ionian Sea, Greece.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) preforming "head-out" behaviour, vertical in the water while socialising. This is followed by either disappearing below the surface or turning upside down. Endangered, Ionian Sea, Greece.

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) part of a mass stranding which are becoming more regular and always occur after military exercises that use high level acitive sonars. Kyparissiakos Gulf, Greece, 1996.

Snorkellers getting close up to the elusive Whale shark (Rhincodon typus). Species Endangered. Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a loup of plastic packing tape stuck in its baleen, round its upper jaw and over its blow hole. Hebrides, Scotland

Locally caught whale meat on sale at flea market in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland.

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

Research yacht, Song of the Whale, working offshore. Middle of North Atlantic

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Eye shut. San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, California.

Locally caught whale meat (Hvalbuff) in Reykjavik flea market (2004) after the resumption of commercial whaling in Iceland.

Northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Identified as 'Delilah', this right whale washed up dead in 1992, probably another shipstrike victim. Grand Manan, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Locally caught whale meat in Reykjavik flea market (2004) after the resumption of commercial whaling in Iceland.

Blue whale, (balaenoptera musculus),endangered, Gulf of California Mexico.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) fluking whilst being monitored by the "Greek Sperm Whale Research Program". The Mediterranean population is considered Endangered. SW Cretan Sea, Greece.

The commercial whale watching vessel "Orca Odyssey", based in Juneau, Southeast Alaska, USA. In the summer of 2006 this vessel struck a humpback whale while on a commercial whale watch.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Mother and calf. Baja, California

Whale watchers on the bow of a commercial whale watching operation looking for humpback whales in Stephen's Passage just outside Juneau, Southeast Alaska. No model or property releases.

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sloughed skin preparation. Azores

Beaked Whale stranded on coral reef during low tide, Mesoplodon sp., Mili, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific)..

Leaping Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), Golfo Nuevo, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina

Southern Right Whale

Sperm Whale Eye, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Social bahavior of Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Skin diver strokes Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale and Skin diver, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Social bahavior of Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Social bahavior of Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale and Skin diver, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America

Sperm Whale Mother and Calf, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica, Leeward Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America