About Cetaceans
Cetaceans are marine mammals with streamlined (hydrodynamic) bodies that glide easily through their watery environment, horizontal flukes, front flippers for steering and a layer of blubber directly under the skin.
According to the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 88 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises are included in the Order Cetacea.
Students from the Museum’s Apprenticeship Program have developed fact sheets for their chosen marine mammal species.
What is the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise? Find out by comparing this family to the delphinidae
Species in these families include the beluga, the narwhal, and the largest toothed whale in the world.
How big is a blue whale’s heart? Do whales have hair? These questions and many more...
This family, also known as the 'rorquals,' includes the humpback whale and the blue whale...
