Marine mammals

Of all the world’s marine mammals, few are as majestic and powerful as the large cetaceans that we call whales. They can grow to exceptional lengths, dive to the depths of the ocean, and swim for thousands of miles! In this article, we’re going to introduce you to 21 of the most wonderful types of whales. From the massive blue whale to the elusive Omura’s whale, here’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about these amazing seafaring animals.

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center rescues, rehabilitates, and releases marine mammals and inspires ocean stewardship through research, education, and collaboration.

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All animals on Earth form associations with microorganisms, including protists, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses. In the ocean, animal–microbial relationships were historically explored in single host–symbiont systems. However, new explorations into the diversity of microorganisms associating with diverse marine animal hosts is moving the field into studies that address interactions between the animal host and a more multi-member microbiome. The potential for microbiomes to influence…

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The Blue Whale is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales, and and is the largest creature ever known to have lived on earth. They may attain a length of as much as 98 ft (30 m) and weigh as much as 380,000 lbs (172,365 kg)! Long and slender, the body of the Blue Whale can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. There are at least three distinct subspecies, in several oceans: - B. m. musculus of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, - B. m…

Manatee in Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida by Alex Mustard