21. Victoria San Juan Cruises San Juan Island and Victoria BC cruises leaving from Bellingham, Washington. 100ft. boat tours the islands and locates wildlife including orca whales. http://www.whales.com/

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22. NATURE. Humpback Whales | PBS NATURE s HUMPBACK whales follows these migrating marine mammals and presents their unique singing and hunting habits. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/humpback/

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23. Whale Songs Provides detailed information about many different species, then tests knowledge with an interactive quiz. http://www.whalesongs.org/

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24. Whales World projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/whales/ whales Work whales are some of the largest living things on the planet. Learn about whales and find out how whales are able to sleep and withstand the pressures of the http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/whales/

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25. Cetaceans They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale; . These include the baleen whale families Balaenopteridae (rorqual whales, http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/cetacea/cetacean.html

Introduction to the Cetacea Whales and Dolphins The Cetacea are one of the most distinctive and highly specialized orders of mammals flukes arranged horizontally. Modern whales have greatly elongated anterior skull bones, and the nostrils are located on the top of the head, forming the blowhole . The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal. Modern whales may be divided into two subgroups: the Odontoceti (toothed whales) and the Mysticeti echolocation , producing sound waves using a complex system of nasal sacs and passages, and using the echoes to navigate. Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales. Baleen whales lack teeth completely as adults (although teeth are present in fetal baleen whales). They feed by straining small marine organisms out of the water using plates of baleen , a hornlike substance that forms filaments that hang down from the roof of the mouth. Blue, right, humpback, minke, gray, and fin whales are well-known examples of baleen whales. Some baleen whales, most famously the humpack whales, are known for the strange and complex songs they produce; their function is not clear, but unlike toothed whales, baleen whales do not use their songs for echolocation. The fossil record of whales is rich, and recent discoveries have shed much light on the origin of the Cetacea.

26. Whales: The Kids' Times - Office Of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries whales are the largest animals that ever lived on the Earth. They are even larger than the dinosaurs of prehistoric times. All whales belong to a group http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/whales.htm

NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources OPR Home About OPR ... OPR Site Map Whales: The Kids' Times Whales Whales are the largest animals that ever lived on the Earth. They are even larger than the dinosaurs of prehistoric times. All whales belong to a group known as cetaceans (seh TAY shuhnz). There are two types of whales - toothed (odontocete) and baleen (mysticete). Several species of both toothed and baleen whales have been hunted close to extinction and still face threats to their survival by human activities. Learn more about whales from NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML). Blue whale pdf ] [350 KB] Bowhead whale pdf ] [275 KB] Fin whale pdf ] [225 KB] Gray whale pdf] [336 KB] Humpback whale pdf ] [622 KB] Northern right whale pdf ] [564 KB] Sei whale pdf ] [484 KB] Sperm whale pdf ] [190 KB] More Information Whales and Other Cetaceans Home About Us Forms ... Search

27. Beluga Whales Beluga whales. A Sea World Education Department Resource. Contents Scientific Classification Habitat and Distribution Physical Characteristics http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Beluga/home.html

Beluga Whales A Sea World Education Department Resource Contents Scientific Classification Habitat and Distribution Physical Characteristics Senses ... Index Goals of the Sea World Education Department Based on a long-term commitment to education, Sea World strives to provide an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential. Specifically, our goals are... To instill in students of all ages an appreciation for science and a respect for all living creatures and natural environments. To conserve our valuable natural resources by increasing awareness of the interrelationships of humans and the marine environment. To increase students' basic competencies in science and other disciplines. To provide an educational resource for the entire community. "For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -B. Dioum SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database www.seaworld.org

28. Lesson Exchange: Whales Reader's Theatre Based On Gail Gibbon's Book, Whales (El Reader 6 whales tails are called flukes. They don t look like fish tails. whales push themselves through the water by moving their flukes up and down. http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1128.html

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29. Whales free printable templates for whale coloring pages. http://www.coloring.ws/whales.htm

Home Free Coloring Free Games Free Puzzles ... Freebies Whales Whales Themed Coloring Pages Ocean themed coloring book pages Grey Whale Humpback Whale Orca (Killer Whale) Orca (Killer Whale) Visit DLTK's ocean animals section for crafts and printables. SOME TIPS FOR PRINTING: The site has ads in various places. To print the page without printing the ad: 1) click once on the image and then click print. On most browsers this tells the computer to print only the frame with the image in it. if that doesn't work... 2) try right clicking on the image and choose OPEN FRAME IN NEW WINDOW if that doesn't work... look at the URL (the website address) in the location bar. It will end with the extension .HTM Type an L onto the end of it so that it reads .HTML and hit return. You'll now have the image without the ad. If you're still stuck, check out our Print Help section... once you sort out how to print one of our coloring pages, the method will be the same for all the rest. Visit one of Coloring.ws' Sister Sites: DLTK's Bible DLTK's Coloring DLTK's Crafts DLTK's Educational ... Search

30. Bar Harbor Whale Watching Tours Offers tours aboard four different vessels. Details rates and recent sightings, online reservations available. http://www.barharborwhales.com/

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31. ThinkQuest Whales A studentbased website on various whales of interest from the humpback to the unique Finless Porpoise. Suitable for all ages. http://library.thinkquest.org/2605/

The Majestic Presence of the Whale By Andrea Vanessa Erica Students of the Advanced Technologies Academy Here are the rules of the page... 1. You may jump to another page by clicking on the words. 2. Each page will feature a different whale. Additional information on all the whales including anatomy, help, more pictures, and the history of these animals will be at the bottom of the homepage. 3. Always remember that whales are not fish! They are mammals! 1. The Blue Whale 2. The Humpback Whale 3. The Gray Whale 4. The 'Killer Whale' or Orca ... 43. The Finless Porpoise Some interesting information about whales in general What is inside a whale? What has happened to whales over the years? What can you do to save these creatures? Where can I go to see whales in natural habitats? ... Who is behind this wonderful work?

32. Whaling | The Humane Society Of The United States In the 1970s, Save the whales! was a rallying cry for the global environmental movement. Commercial whaling was driving many whale species to the brink of http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/what_are_the_issues/whaling/

Pets Wildlife Wildlife Marine Mammals ... Books Receive action alerts, tips, news and special offers via e-mail. The Humane Society of the United States 2100 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 HSUS Marine Mammals What Are the Issues? Whaling Whaling Corbis For the last several years, the IWC has passed resolutions urging Japan to cease its "scientific" whaling, because it does not in fact comply with the spirit (or even the strict letter) of the ICRW's scientific whaling provision. The IWC found the research to be unnecessary, and that the same ends could be accomplished by non-lethal methods. Both Norway and Japan, as well as other countries that receive fisheries aid from Japan, lobby vigorously at the IWC every year to lift the moratorium, saying several whale stocks have recovered to the point where they can once again be commercially hunted. Yet even as they make this claim, the Scientific Committee of the IWC has determined that even minke whales, considered relatively unaffected by previous decades of rampant whaling, may be far less numerous than originally estimated, especially in the Antarctic. Whales are difficult to count, because they live mostly underwater and they migrate great distances. For this reason alone, they are singularly inappropriate targets of a commercial hunt. Should they be depleted (should quotas be overly optimistic or hunting poorly regulated), by the time managers even notice, it will likely be too late for recovery. This may in fact be the case for blue whales (the largest mammal ever to have lived), right whales, and some stocks of humpback whales, which have yet to show any clear signs of recovery despite decades of protection.

33. Acoustics Monitoring Program - Bioacoustics whale blow image. Browse spectrograms/sounds by species blue whale fin whale Browse whale biology pages blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/bioacoustics.html

Monitoring marine mammals using acoustics NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmen tal Laboratory in Newport, Oregon and National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, Washington are collaborating on a joint study to assess the potential of long-range acoustic monitoring of free-ranging populations of large cetaceans. For more details on this collaboration click here Methods: Sound Recognition Software (Ishmael) Browse spectrograms/sounds by species: blue whale fin whale minke whale humpback whale Browse spectrograms/sounds by area: Pacific Atlantic Eastern Tropical Pacific Gulf of Alaska Browse whale biology pages blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus fin whale( Balaenoptera physalus ... Links

34. ScienceDaily: Dolphin And Whale News whales and dolphins. Whale songs, beaching, endangered status current research news on all cetaceans. http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/dolphins_and_whales/

Dolphin and Whale News Thursday, May 29, 2008 Print Email Bookmark Latest News Agriculture and Food Beer and Wine Bird Flu ... Soil Types Animals Animals Apes Birds Cats ... Spiders Ecology Ecology Endangered Animals Endangered Plants Extinction ... Wild Animals Life Sciences Behavior Biochemistry Biology Biotechnology ... Zoology Microbes and More Bacteria Fungus Microbes and More Microbiology ... Books RSS Most North Pacific Humpback Whale Populations Rebounding full story Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes full story ... Rare White Killer Whale Spotted In Alaskan Waters Browse News Stories 1 to 10 of 112 stories view headlines only Virology Microbes and More Dolphins and Whales ... New Coronavirus Found in Beluga Whale May 25, 2008 full story Dolphins and Whales Marine Biology Animals ... Northern Right Whales Head South To Give Birth, Leave Genetic 'Fingerprints' With NOAA Researchers March 5, 2008 full story Dolphins and Whales New Species Sea Life ... Can Exposure To Intense Underwater Sound Result In Death Of Whales? February 21, 2008 full story Dolphins and Whales Endangered Animals Animals ... Beaked Whales Actually Hear Through Their Throats February 8, 2008

35. The Whalesong Project - Recorded Sounds Of The Humpback Whales From Maui, Hawai' whalesong Live and Archived Sounds of the Humpback whales. http://www.whalesong.net/

Time on Maui, Hawaii: We are bringing Whalesongs to the World Whalesong Germany Get Realplayer: Free! Click the photo to listen to recorded songs: photo courtesy of Michael Nolan www.wildlifeimages.net L istening problems Click here for help We are at the end of our 8th season of webcasting the live songs of Hawai'i's Humpback Whales. The whales are on the way to their feeding grounds in Alaska and won't return until October! Please enjoy the songs of these mysterious, magnificent creatures in our archive! Thank you to all of you who are making this project possible. The Whalesong Log - Acknowledging the end of a season! Visit the "Captain's Log" for latest updates Whalesong is an all-volunteer grass-roots organization. You can help to support this project too! Donations help us to maintain our buoy and hydrophone, upgrade system performance, improve our web presence, reach out to schools and the community, document and record each season's songs, and cover the costs of webcasting and related hardware and software. Our work is a labor of love. Our intention in this work is to give a voice to these beautiful mysterious whales, an endangered species, and to inspire people to care for and protect the oceans. Thank you for your support! We are a 501C3 nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible.

36. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary: Welcome This sanctuary was established to protect the humpback whales. Includes news and events, weather, education, and research. http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/

Aloha and Welcome to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary! The Sanctuary protects humpback whales and their habitat in Hawai`i. ANNOUNCEMENTS A humpback mother and its calf. Photo credit: Flip Nicklin, Minden Pictures, NOAA Fisheries Permit #987 Governor Lingle and Lt. Governor Aiona Proclaim February as Humpback Whale Awareness Month in Hawai`i! As many as 10,000 humpback whales may visit Hawaiian waters every year from November through May. The month of February is peak humpback whale season so it's the perfect time to get outside and spot humpback whales. Find out more about what's happening during Humpback Whale Awareness Month around the state. Want to find out what you can do to help protect Hawai`i's humpbacks, check out our Get Involved Flyer pdf version SAFE BOATING CAMPAIGN! In an effort to protect humpback whales and promote safe boating practices the sanctuary has launched a special Ocean Etiquette campaign. Visit the campaign webpage to download pertinent materials as well as public service announcements and advertisements. If you're a boater, learn what you can do to stay safe on the water at one of the sanctuary's statewide boater workshops. SANCTUARY OCEAN COUNT Register now for the 2008 Sanctuary Ocean Count!

37. Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales - CNN.com A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/nz.whales.ap/index.html

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38. National Marine Mammal Laboratory Research on marine mammals, with emphasis on the order of Cetacea. Find out why porpoises, dolphins, and whales belong to this order of species. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/NMML/

Note: You need to enable scripting and Javascript in your browser settings to best view and navigate our website. Otherwise use our keyboard navigation and search page . Our print link for screen media is scripted. Your computer's normal print command will print this page. Please contact us if you have difficulty in accessing our web pages. Home Site map Contact us Print ... NOAA's 200 Years Mobile users can use the Site Map to access the principal pages National Marine Mammal Laboratory Research projects focus on ecology and behavior, population dynamics, life history, and status and trends. Information is provided to various domestic and international organizations to assist in developing rational and appropriate management regimes for marine resources under NOAA's jurisdiction. These organizations include the NMFS Alaska and Northwest Regional Offices, the NMFS Office of Protected Resources, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the International Whaling Commission, and the Arctic Council. Research conducted by NMML utilizes a variety of methods and tools to obtain needed information. Determination of status and trends of marine mammal populations requires information on abundance, stock structure, mortality and net productivity. To obtain these data, censuses are carried out from ships, aircraft and on land. Radio and satellite-linked telemetry is utilized to determine movements and migrations, critical feeding areas and depths, and other behavioral data. Sophisticated analyses and modeling are carried out to determine necessary population parameters. Research programs are carried out cooperatively with many other federal, state and private sector collaborators.

39. Whales - Wildlife Of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection Wildlife of Antarctica whales, Blue, Fin, Humpback, Minke, Orca, Southern Right, Sei, Sperm. Facts, characteristics, habits and habitat. http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/whales/index.shtml

Headline News Weather Wildlife/Penguins Science History Shackleton Stations Treaty Expeditions Birds of Antarctica Penguins of Antarctica Seals of Antarctica Whales of Antarctica Back to Main Wildlife Page 8 Species of Whales Blue Fin Humpback Minke ... Sperm Feature Whale: Orca Population: 2.5 million pairs Location: Oceans worldwide Size: 25 to 30 feet long Weight: Up to 7 tons Diet: marine mammals General Information Whales are considered by many to be the most magnificent and intelligent of the Antarctic marine mammals. Members of the order Cetacea which includes dolphins and porpoises, whales are divided into two groups: toothed (Odontoceti) and baleen (Mysticeti). Toothed whales have narrow jaws lined with peg-like teeth which they use to catch fish, squid, and other marine mammals, swallowing them whole. They are smaller than baleen whales and only have one blowhole. The Killer (Orca) whale and the Sperm whale are the only toothed whales found in the Antarctic region. Baleen whales have comblike structures instead of teeth that are used to filter krill and fish from the water. They are larger than toothed whales and have two blowholes. The

40. Journey North GrayWhale Migration Journey North classrooms track gray whale migration each season. Los Angeles, California (ACSLA); Goleta, California (Gray whales Count) http://www.learner.org/jnorth/gwhale/

Get Started Background information for tracking the migration Migration News Weekly updates on Wednesdays during migration season. Enjoy! Stories, activities, videos, pictures, and slideshows about monarch butterflies, just for students Migration Route Latest news from the Observation Posts along the Migration Route Explore! Lessons and information for the classroom Questions asked by students and answered by the expert Other News: Spring 2008 : Quick links to daily migration data from two Observation Posts in California: Los Angeles, California (ACS-LA) Goleta, California (Gray Whales Count) Ask the Expert: Open April 4-18, 2008!

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