Whale species

Large Whale Poster that illustrates 33 of the most common whale and dolphin species worldwide, including dolphins, porpoises and killer whales. All whale species on the poster are provided with weight and length measurements and their name is written in English, French, German and more*. They are hand drawn and painted in natural colors by the Danish artist Lisbeth Olrik. You can use the Whale Poster chart to observe the similarities and differences between the whale & dolphin species.

The Crashing Edge: Current Waves of Central Coast Science

This World Oceans Day, know your Baleen Whale species with this poster! The 14 species are distributed throughout the marine waters of the world. Baleen whales are called so because of the presence of baleen plates in their mouths instead of teeth, that enable filter feeding. The largest baleen whale is the Blue Whale, while the smallest, the Pygmy Right Whale. Most baleen whales are threatened by whaling, collisions with ships, entanglement in fishing gear, and climate change; the Omura's…

Whale quick identification sheet!

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Baleen Whales are among the largest whales in the ocean, and some of the largest animals on Earth. They belong to a suborder of whales (also known as cetaceans) called Mysticeti. Mysticeti whales have a bony plate in their upper jaw in which fibrous strands called baleen hang down from. Baleen is made of keratin, the same material that makes up our hair and fingernails. Mysticeti whales use their baleen to strain the water from the ocean to capture the prey it feeds on.