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Palmer Station, Antarctica

Fuel Tank Orca Mural

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.
St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Delilah the Whale at Fundy Discovery Aquarium

A full-scale whale and a minted coin honor a life that changed the Bay of Fundy.
Kokomo, Indiana

Willie the Whale

Step inside this 1964 whale sculpture to explore its colorful history.
San Cibrao, Spain

Provincial Museum of the Sea

Exploring the history of San Cibrao’s coastal life and whaling industry.
Friday Harbor, Washington

The Whale Museum

This museum on San Juan Island is dedicated to the conservation of orca pods.
New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Lagoda

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Blue Whale at the Core Science Facility

A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.
From skis and boats to wind-driven sleds and teams of dogs, there's a lot of ways to travel the Antarctic.
exploration

Antarctic Explorations: Our Favorite Reads

From “windsleds” to sled dogs.
Roxanne Hoorn January 10, 2025
El Médano, Spain

'Vertebración y Desvertebración'

These sandstone replicas of a whale spine represent the history and culture of the Canary Islands.
Octopuses investigate the skeleton of a whale at a whale fall site off the California coast.
science

There Are More Whale Falls Off Los Angeles Than the Rest of the World Combined

The surprising discovery reveals how much we don't know about the deep ocean and its residents.
Douglas Main July 22, 2024
The three main pyramids at Giza, Egypt, together with subsidiary pyramids and the remains of other structures at the Giza pyramid complex.
mummies

Wonder Is Everywhere: New Finds, Viking Whale Hunters, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White May 24, 2024
Tainan City, Taiwan

Sperm Whale Exhibition Hall

Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.
Cape Town, South Africa

Beach Hut Whale Bones

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.
Remains of whalers' wooden coffins and gravestones at Smeerenburg, in the northwest region of the Svalbard Archipelago.
cemeteries

Svalbard's Lonely Whaler Graves Included Burial Kits With Pieces of Distant Homes

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.
Nicky Nielsen April 17, 2024
The Crooked House pub in Staffordshire, photographed in April 2023. A brick-built public house. The building was severely affected by subsidence.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Return of the Crooked House, World's Oldest Bread, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 15, 2024
animals

Podcast: Law of the Tongue

Back when killer whales used to assist humans.
The Podcast Team March 14, 2024
Reno, Nevada

Space Whale

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.
Bristol, England

John Cabot's Whalebone

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.