Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

and when a whale dies and the muscles relax the lungs would fill with air if the blowhole is above the surface or with water if it is below.

Smithsonian whale modeler Michael Friello remembers that the blowhole and other parts of the ... and engulfing thousands of gallons of water along with myriad small, shrimp-like crustaceans ...

She counseled us to look for imperfections in the water’s surface – a spout ... With a loud blast of air from its blowhole, a ...

which are located in front of their blowhole and were clearly visible. The whales were observed at the ocean surface, diving within a small area where the water was approximately 224 meters deep.

Behind me, I hear a rush of breath—the sound of a killer whale expelling air from their blowhole ... which hovers inches above the icy water of the Southern Ocean. ...eye contact with one ...

STUART — Fishery managers are trying to find a sperm whale that reportedly came within ... and the only living cetacean that has a single blowhole asymmetrically situated on the left side ...