Watch a blue whale blow water in the video below: The blue whale possesses a small dorsal fin near the rear of its body and pectoral flippers (up to 20 feet long) to aid its maneuvering.

Whale shark with injury to the dorsal fin, likely to be caused by collision with a vessel. Credit: Gonzalo Araujo ...

This is my 26th summer whale-watching here, and we’ve never seen or heard of there being a blue whale sighting in our area, ever,” said Shawna Prince, who runs whale-watching tour agency Sea of Whales ...

Captive whales don't have enough space to reach these speeds. Ultimately, the curved dorsal fin is still a mystery. Curved, or not, the orca's giant fin is a beacon to all, this apex predator is a ...

The coins are produced y Pobjoy Mint. The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second-largest animal in the world after the blue whale. It is the fasting swimming of all the large whales and ...