Directory of Balaenoptera musculus Resources

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Balaenoptera musculus, the blue whale, is an endangered species and is the largest animal on Earth. Its length can reach 40 meters and its weight 170 tonnes.

Resources in This Category

• Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Blue Whale

  http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/blue.php
  Provides brief account of the status of Alaska's endangered blue whale.

• Balaenoptera musculus

  http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaenoptera_musculus/
  Provides information on the geographical range, physiology, and behavior of blue whales.

• Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=88
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Blue Whale Factsheet

  http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/learning/education/whales/blue.asp
  Information compiled by the Marine Mammal Center.

• Blue Whales: Photographs and Information

  http://www.oceanlight.com/html/blue_whale.html
  Photographs of and basic natural history information about the blue whale.

• Cetacean Information: Blue Whale

  http://www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/blue_whale/home.html
  Fact sheet.

• Enchanted Learning: Blue Whale

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Bluewhale.shtml
  Includes information and activities for children regarding the blue whale.

• Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: Blue Whale

  http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/species_details.asp?inst=19&species_id=143
  Extensive fact sheet.

• Marine Mammal Sounds: Blue Whale

  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/sounds/sounds_whales_blue.html
  Some spectrograms of noises made by these whales.

• Natural History Photographs: Blue Whale

  http://www.gygis.com/blue_whale.html
  Photographs of blue whales of underwater and aerial images.

• The Big Zoo: Blue Whale

  http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Blue_Whale.asp
  Includes a brief fact sheet about the blue whale.

• Underwater Photos of the Blue Whale

  http://www.earthwindow.com/blue.html
  Provides underwater and aerial photos of the blue whale.

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