Species of Local Interest

Students from the Museum’s Apprenticeship Program have developed fact sheets for their chosen marine mammal species.

The Blue Whale is the largest animal inhabiting the earth...

The Orca Whale raises head slowly to scan horizon...

Bottlenose Dolphins are social beings...

The Fin Whale has two distinct blowholes on the top of its head...

Minke Whales can be found almost anywhere above the equator, and in every ocean...

Common Dolphins have been seen chin-slapping...

Humpback Whales are the most acrobatic of the large whales.

The Sperm Whale is the largest odontocete, or toothed whale...

The Sei Whale has been recorded holding its breath for up to 20 minutes...

The Cuviers Beaked Whale is one of the most widespread species of beaked whales yet rarely seen at sea.

The Long Snouted Spinner Dolphin can spin up to 7 times in the air...

The Harbor Porpoise is the smallest cetacean in New England...

The North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world...

Long-finned Pilot Whales travel in pods usually 10-30 whales, but over 100 have been seen grouped together...

The Striped Dolphin is found in tropical and warm-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans...

White Beaked Dophines swim and feed up-side down...