Whale Anatomy | Ocean Today
Blubber is a combination of fibrous and fatty connective tissues, and large oil-filled cells. The blubber layer isn’t just for insulation in cold waters; it also stores energy when the whale isn’t …
Killer Whale Anatomy | Ocean Today
There aren’t any bones or cartilage in the dorsal fin and flukes. Instead, they’re made up of dense connective tissue. Longitudinal muscles in the back and caudal peduncle move the flukes up …
Whale Anatomy | Ocean Today - National Oceanic and …
The Gray whale is one of the oldest mammal species on the planet. It has evolving and adapting for 30 million years. This marine mammal is a baleen whale, and all baleen whales have two …
Dolphin Anatomy | Ocean Today
The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin - they’ve been evolving for about 10 million years now. And while their ancient ancestors lived on land, rising ocean waters led these animals to become …
Killer Whale Anatomy | Ocean Today - National Oceanic and …
Orcinis Orca. They’re commonly known as the Killer whale because of their aggressive nature. But the Orca isn’t actually a whale: it’s in the dolphin family.
Manatee Anatomy | Ocean Today - National Oceanic and …
They have very large ear bones. You can tell how old a manatee is by counting the annual growth rings in the ear bone. The manatee does have some hair on its body, the most being around …
Seal Anatomy | Ocean Today
The pectoral, or fore, flippers are short and webbed with five bony digits. The digits are about the same length and each has a blunt claw, around one to two inches long. In the water, the fore …
Ocean as a Lab: Whale Tagging | Ocean Today - National Oceanic …
By tagging the whales, we get a position from GPS and we can track them and create computer simulations of the behavior of the exact movement of the whales. What we’re looking at here is …
Whale Call | Ocean Today
North Atlantic right whale calls sound like screams, bangs, and groans. After deciphering thousands of these new recordings, there was evidence of right whales calling nearby many …
Animals of the Ice: Beluga Whales | Ocean Today
Beluga whales are generally found in shallow coastal waters, often in water barely deep enough to cover their bodies. They are known as the "canaries of the sea," because they produce a …