A mother Humpback Whale with her calf in the waters off of Rarotonga, Cook Islands along with two escort males.
(Brian Skerry)Posted 12/28/23SecretsOfTheWhales_NGSF000003_190920__120696.jpg
A family unit of Sperm Whales socializing underwater in the waters off of the island of Faial in the Azores. (Brian Skerry)Posted 12/28/23SecretsOfTheWhales_NGSF000003_190625__67259.jpg
An orca poses with its quarry for National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. The New Zealand population of whales are the only known members in the world to pursue stingrays on the seabed. (National Geographic/Kina Scollay)Posted 12/28/23Ep101_SecretsOfTheWhales_016.jpg