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Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises. Dolphins and porpoises may be considered whales from a formal, cladistic perspective.
Learn about whales, the largest animals on Earth, and their types, calls, and threats. Find out how whales feed, communicate, and migrate across the oceans.
Learn about whales, the largest living creatures on the planet, and their role in climate change mitigation. Find out how WWF works to protect whales from commercial whaling, bycatch, shipping, and habitat loss.
25 de may. de 2024 · Whale, any of the larger species of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Cetacea. Whales are the heaviest known animals, living or fossil, reaching a maximum size in the blue whale of perhaps more than 30 meters and 200 metric tons. They are distributed throughout the world’s oceans and seas.
When we think of whales, the enormous ones that filter tiny plankton from seawater with their baleen-fringed upper jaw often come first to mind (like the right whale in the picture above). But cetaceans also include dolphins, porpoises and other toothed whales, and in total contain more than 80 different species.
Learn about the diversity, adaptations, and threats of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Discover how they feed, communicate, and live in the oceans with amazing facts and figures.
7 de ene. de 2019 · Learn about the diversity and characteristics of 19 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the order Cetacea. See photos, facts, and distribution maps of each Cetacean.
