Whales

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Whales | List of species
2. HowStuffWorks.com: How Whales Work
3. National Wildlife Federation: Spying on Leviathan
4. American Cetacean Society: They're Not Saved Yet!
5. University of Michigan: Animal Diversity Web: Order Cetacea guide
6. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
7. Cool Antarctica: Whales

Whale Background and Behavior

• Wikipedia: Whale Behavior
• MarineBio.org: Marine Species Search Engine
• The Thewissen Lab: Whale Origins

Blue Whales

• Wikipedia: Blue Whale
• Marine Bio: Blue Whale
• Extreme Science: Blue Whales are True Giants 
• American Cetacean Society: Blue Whale Fact Sheet
• National Parks Conservation Organization: Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
• DiscoverySchool.com: Blue Whales Have Bellybuttons Too!  

Humpback Whales

• Wikipedia: Humpback Whale
• USAToday.com: Japan to drop humpback whale hunt (December 21, 2007)
• FoxNews.com: Wayward Humpback Whales May Have Slipped Back Into Pacific (2007)
• American Cetacean Society: Humpback Whale Fact Sheet
• PBS.org: Nature: Humpback Whales
• National Parks Conservation Organization: Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Orcas (Killer Whales)

• Wikipedia: Orca
• SeaWorld.org: Killer Whales Infobook
• National Geographic: Killer Whale profile
• Whale Images: Killer Whale Facts
• National Parks Conservation Organization: Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
• American Cetacean Society: Orca Fact Sheet

Sperm Whales

• Wikipedia: Sperm Whale
• Whale Images: Sperm Whale
• American Cetacean Society: Sperm Whale Fact Sheet
• PBS.org: Nature: Sperm Whales: The Real Moby Dick
• National Geographic: Sperm Whale profile

Whale News

• CNN.com: Japan Halts Humpback Whale Hunt (December 21, 2007, 2007)
• FOXNews.com: Japanese Whaling Ships Set Out to Kill Humpbacks (November 19, 2007)
• NPR: Protest Raised over New Tests of Naval Sonar
• Sydney Morning Herald: Killing pregnant whales is 'good news', say whalers (2007)
• The Raw Story: Old whalers turn their skills to saving dwindling humpbacks (2007)
• StarTribune.com: Scrawny whales may signal change in the sea (2007)
• Science Daily: World Conservation Union Panel Voices Concern Over Impact Of Noise On Whales (2007)
• Google News: Whales

Whale and Humans

• Seed Magazine: Whale of a Brain (2007) 
• ABC News: How Whale Hunting Changed the Ocean (2007) 
• BBC News: Extinction Nears for Whales and Dolphins (2003)
• Earth and Sky: Eskimos Can Continue 2000 Year Whale Hunt

Whale Photos

• Google Images: Whales
• Flickr: Whale clusters
• OceanAlliance.org: Whale Gallery

Whale Videos

• YouTube: Whale Watching With Sea Shepherds Conservation Society (Time: 9:54)
• YouTube: Blue Whale (Time: 3:18)
• YouTube: Pod of Killer Whales in Antarctica (Time: 6:11)
• YouTube: Killer Whale and Trainer (Time: 3:55)
• Yikers: Killer Whales Are Not for Riding 
• YouTube and Google Video: Whales

Whale Blogs and Forums

• GreenPeace: Defending Whales Blog
• TreeHugger: Posts about whales
• Gizmodo: Canada Building Robots to Track Whales
• Five Star Whale Watching: Five Star Whale Watching Blog
• The Plankton Forums: Marine Life Message Board
• Cephalopodcast.com: Marine Mammals category
• Google Blog Search: Whales

Whale-Related Organizations

• Oregon Parks and Recreation: Whale Watching Center
• WhaleResearch.org: The Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation
• Whale Center of New England: Conservation of the Whale Center
• Orca Network

Whale Books and Related Merchandise

• Amazon.com: Whale search
• Amazon.com: Whale "Music" search
• Save The Whales: Adopt a Whale
• AllPosters.com: Whale photos and posters

Whales in Culture

• YouTube: Speaking Whale clip from Finding Nemo (Time: 2:47) 
• Barnes & Noble.com: Moby Dick by Herman Melville