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| Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03332 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Image ID: 27142 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA |
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| A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 01135 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA | Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean. Image ID: 01910 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27113 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Image ID: 27137 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA | A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Image ID: 27141 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA | Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). Image ID: 12769 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). Image ID: 12771 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale. Image ID: 01182 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Big Sur, California, USA | Whale shark. Image ID: 01503 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Whale shark. Image ID: 01513 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean. Image ID: 01911 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Rissos dolphin surfacing with eye showing. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Image ID: 02314 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Gray whale baleen. Image ID: 03388 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus | Gray whale, raising fluke to dive. Image ID: 05780 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Big Sur, California, USA | Gray whale, raising fluke to dive. Image ID: 05781 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Big Sur, California, USA |
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| An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07554 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Rissos dolphin, breaching. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Image ID: 00983 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible. Image ID: 01129 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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| Gray whale. Image ID: 01178 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale. Image ID: 01188 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale. Image ID: 01190 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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| Blue whale, caudal stem, fluke with median notch. Image ID: 02220 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale, fluke, tail with median notch, lifting tail before diving in the open ocean. Image ID: 02221 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale, fluke up before dive. Image ID: 02310 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Blue whale fluking up, raising its tail, before a dive in the open ocean. Image ID: 03336 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio. Image ID: 03393 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio. Image ID: 03395 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico |
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