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The whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Highly specialized aquatic mammals consisting of sub-orders Mysticeti (baleen whales), Odontoceti (toothed whales), and the extinct Archaeoceti (ancient whales).

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Dolphin Institute Education, research, and conservation of bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales in Hawaii. A not-for-profit arm of the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory of the University of Hawaii, located in Honolulu. www.dolphin-institute.org

Cetacea Information on all of the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises. www.cetacea.org

Whales: An Educational Resource A thematic unit for cooperative learning across an integrated curriculum. curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/Whales

Dolphin Dreams UK Includes information on whales and dolphins, Keiko, killer whales, dolphin behavior, and the latest whale and dolphin news. www.btinternet.com/~Jess.Jones

Kerry's Sea World Site Includes information on whales and dolphins. www.geocities.com/kers99

Order Cetacea Introduction from the Animal Diversity Web. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/cetacea.html

Cetaceans: The Whales and Dolphins Species list and links. www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/marspec/pms_cet_spc.html

Whales Online Reference and news site about all whale species. www.whalesonline.com

Whale Web Wide range of information on all cetaceans, along with other resources and discussion boards. www.whale-web.com

Deafwhale Society Organization dedicated to explaining why whales mass strand themselves on beaches around the world. www.deafwhale.com

Whale Songs Information and trivia about cetaceans. www.whalesongs.org

Cetacean Encyclopaedia Provides species-specific information in encyclopedia format. www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/ency/ency.html

How Stuff Works: How Whales Work Photographs and information about whales and how their bodies operate. www.howstuffworks.com/whale.htm

Classification of Whales Overview of whale species, with common names in 10 languages. ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/Cetacea.htm

Phillip Colla's Whale Photographs Underwater photographs of six species of whales. www.oceanlight.com/html/whales.html

Whale Watching Web Whale and whale-watching resources and links, with a guide to whale watching, photos, and sound files. www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale

WhaleNet Educational site that focuses on whales and marine research. whale.wheelock.edu

Whales at Manly Information about whale migration up the east coast of Australia. www.ozemail.com.au/~russo/whales/whales.html

Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Research on the whales, dolphins, and porpoises found in the waters of the Hebrides, Scotland. Includes fact sheets for 21 species. www.gn.apc.org/whales

Hervey Bay Whales Information, sounds, and photos of the whales that frequent Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. dkd.net/whales

Eastern Caribbean Cetacean Network A volunteer network that records sightings and strandings of marine mammals in the Eastern Caribbean. Includes information on marine mammals of the Caribbean and educational resources. www.eccnwhale.org

Frontline: A Whale of a Business A story covering the controversy over whales in captivity. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales

Mingan Island Cetacean Study Research adventures with blue, fin and humpback whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, and in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. www.rorqual.com

Cetonaut Links to pages about human-cetacean interactions in the wild. www.cetonaut.com

Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises Comprehensive description of the order and its various families from the online book Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald Nowak. www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/cetacea/cetacea.html

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