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Featured articles

• Ambulocetus
• Baleen whale
• Blue whale
• Dusky dolphin
• Humpback whale
• Livyatan
• Orca
• Right whale
• South Asian river dolphin

Total pages in content type is 9

Former featured articles

• Exploding whale
• Fin whale
• Sei whale
• Sperm whale
• United States Navy Marine Mammal Program
• Whale vocalization

Total pages in content type is 6

Featured lists

• List of cetaceans

Total pages in content type is 1

Good articles

• Acrophyseter
• Arktocara
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Brygmophyseter
• Dolphin drive hunting
• Dwarf sperm whale
• Evolution of cetaceans
• False killer whale
• Fin whale
• Granny (orca)
• Janjucetus
• Kogia pusilla
• Narwhal
• Orca's Song
• Orcinus citoniensis
• Orcinus meyeri
• Pilot whale
• Porpoise
• Rice's whale
• River dolphin
• Sei whale
• Tay Whale
• Transitional fossil
• Whale
• Whale Whores
• Whale barnacle
• Whaling in the Faroe Islands
• Zygophyseter

Total pages in content type is 28

Former good articles

• Dolphinarium

Total pages in content type is 1

File:Symbol question.svg Did you know? articles

• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the 52-Hertz whale is known only by its unique sound (listen), the only one of its kind ever recorded, and has been called the loneliest whale in the world? (2012-09-30)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that research on short-finned pilot whales (example pictured) by Natacha Aguilar de Soto is leading scientists to reassess foraging models for the behavior of marine predators? (2022-07-16)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Alfaguara project has photographed and identified over 350 individual blue whales? (2012-04-08)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the forward-facing incisors of the extinct dolphin Ankylorhiza (restoration pictured) may have been used for ram feeding, similar to a hunting method used by modern orcas? (2020-08-16)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Antarctic Minke Whales were only recently recognized as a separate species from Common Minke Whales (pictured) based on mitochondrial DNA testing? (2008-07-19)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the extinct Pliocene dolphin Australodelphis from the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica has been described as an example of convergent evolution with whales? (2009-03-07)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that baleen whales, although carnivorous, have gut flora similar to that of herbivores? (2016-03-23)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Canadian researchers led by Michael Bigg discovered that many killer whales (pictured) travel primarily with their mothers throughout their lives? (2009-07-15)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Cetartiodactyla is a hypothesis based on DNA that suggests whales and hippos are related? (2005-04-09)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that a whale found in western Vermont has presented further evidence of glaciation in New England? (2020-01-19)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the United States Navy has trained Common Bottlenose Dolphins (pictured) to locate sea mines? (2009-01-26)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that a police escort was provided to transport killer whale Morgan from the Dolfinarium Harderwijk? (2013-09-04)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Icelandic word for "drift whale" translates as "windfall", since the washed-up carcass provides meat, blubber, fat, and other benefits to the finders (pictured)? (2018-06-26)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Granny, also known as J2, is the oldest known orca at an estimated 103 years old? (2014-06-05)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the oceanic dolphin Costero is officially the same species as the river dolphin Tucuxi, even though they have been unambiguously demonstrated to be genetically different? (2008-11-03)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that yearly whale counts of the endangered Humpback Whale (pictured) in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary show their numbers are increasing by 7% per year? (2008-04-12)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that American biologist Philip Hershkovitz discovered many rodent species while he was in his eighties? (2010-03-29)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Humphrey the whale may be the most publicized Humpback whale in history, having twice wandered off his migration course into San Francisco Bay? (2006-06-07)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that orcas have been teaching each other to attack boats? (2023-08-01)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that some adult Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (pictured) appear to be pink? (2013-10-23)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that evidence indicates that the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (pictured) may be more closely related to the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin than to the Common Bottlenose Dolphin? (2008-10-10)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that although related to modern filter feeding baleen whales, the recently discovered prehistoric whale Janjucetus had large serrated teeth implying that it fed on large fish or even sharks? (2006-08-20)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the late Miocene whale Joumocetus shimizui is the third oldest Cetotheriid known? (2011-12-03)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that until the 1990s, the Short-beaked Common Dolphin and the Long-beaked Common Dolphin were considered the same species? (2008-10-16)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that The Marine Mammal Center has rescued over 12,000 sea otters, sea lions, dolphins and other species, but also produces important scientific discoveries regarding marine chemistry? (2006-05-29)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that bottlenose dolphin Moko rescued two pygmy sperm whales from possible death? (2009-07-30)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the spermaceti beam press exhibited at the Nantucket Whaling Museum is the only one in the world still in its original location? (2009-07-04)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the BBC nature documentary series Ocean Giants includes episodes about whale songs and the cognitive abilities of dolphins? (2012-08-05)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that Operation Breakthrough was an international effort to free three gray whales from pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska in 1988? (2011-05-25)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the picture book Orca's Song has received both praise for its depiction of a lesbian relationship and criticism for how it adapted a First Nations story? (2020-07-17)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that unlike living rorqual whales, the late Miocene genus Plesiobalaenoptera was probably not capable of ram feeding? (2010-08-15)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that porpoises (pictured) were one of the most accessible species for early cetologists, because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas? (2016-01-15)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that, despite its name, the Pygmy Blue Whale reaches lengths of 24 m (79 ft)? (2007-06-20)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Qaisracetus, a genus of extinct early whales, was named after a tribe in Pakistan? (2013-07-19)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the newly described Rice's whale (example pictured) is one of the most endangered cetaceans, with fewer than 50 adult individuals believed to remain? (2021-02-16)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the river dolphin is one of the few cetaceans that can turn its head? (2015-11-13)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the roofline of the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is decorated with blubber spades and flensing knives? (2010-07-31)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the South Asian river dolphin is nearly blind and relies on echolocation for navigation? (2022-12-31)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Southern Right Whales off the coast of Argentina 'sail' by raising their flukes and catching the wind? (2007-07-24)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the orca Springer (pictured) is the only whale in history to have been successfully re-integrated into a wild pod after human intervention? (2007-11-10)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the killer whale Tahlequah carried her dead calf for over two weeks in an apparent showing of grief? (2018-08-17)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that in 1994, a wild Bottlenose dolphin in Brazil named Tião killed one man and seriously injured a second after they had been harassing the animal? (2006-10-31)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the U.S. Navy has been training Bottlenose Dolphins to subdue terrorists as part of the Cetacean Intelligence Mission? (2005-09-29)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the recycling of nutrients in the ocean due to whale poop is referred to as the "whale pump"? (2014-09-01)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that toothed whales and baleen whales use different means to produce the sounds that comprise whale songs? (2004-05-30)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the practice of whaling in the Faroe Islands dates back to the early days of Norse settlement during the Viking Era? (2021-11-26)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the story of Winter, a dolphin with a prosthetic tail, is being made into a film? (2011-01-08)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that The World's 100 Most Threatened Species includes one (pictured) with only five surviving mature individuals? (2012-09-25)
• File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Burrunan dolphin is only the third new dolphin species to be recognized since the late 19th century? (2011-09-19)

Total pages in content type is 51

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• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf Moorea 2
  Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf Moorea 2
• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with calf Moorea 2
  Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with calf Moorea 2
• Humpbackwhale singing
  Humpbackwhale singing
• Mother and baby sperm whale
  Mother and baby sperm whale

Total pages in content type is 4

File:Linecons big-star.svg Featured portals

• File:Linecons big-star.svg Portal:Cetaceans

Total pages in content type is 1

File:Globe current.svg In the News articles

• File:Globe current.svg Granny (orca) (2017-01-03)
• File:Globe current.svg Hvaldimir (2024-09-06)
• File:Globe current.svg Livyatan (2010-07-02)
• File:Globe current.svg Lolita (orca) (2023-08-21)
• File:Globe current.svg Spade-toothed whale (2012-11-06)
• File:Globe current.svg Tilikum (orca) (2017-01-07)
• File:Globe current.svg Vaquita (2017-02-06)
• File:Globe current.svg Whaling in Japan (2014-04-01)
• File:Globe current.svg Winter (dolphin) (2021-11-12)

Total pages in content type is 9

Main page featured articles

• Ambulocetus (2021-07-03)
• Baleen whale (2016-06-05)
• Blue whale (2005-05-24)
• Dusky dolphin (2025-08-13)
• Exploding whale (2004-11-07)
• Fin whale (2008-01-03)
• Humpback whale (2004-10-15)
• Livyatan (2021-10-24)
• Orca (2005-01-04)
• Right whale (2006-06-29)
• Sei whale (2009-06-14)
• South Asian river dolphin (2023-10-24)
• Sperm whale (2004-03-08)
• United States Navy Marine Mammal Program (2005-12-20)
• Whale vocalization (2005-06-28)

Total pages in content type is 15

Main page featured lists

• List of cetaceans (2016-01-08)

Total pages in content type is 1

File:Wikipedia-logo.svg Picture of the day pictures

• Humpbackwhale singing (2022-05-03)
  Humpbackwhale singing (2022-05-03)
• Mother and baby sperm whale (2013-07-23)
  Mother and baby sperm whale (2013-07-23)

Total pages in content type is 2