A new book displays amazing images captured by photographer Charles “Flip” Nicklin, reminding us why whales, like humans, deserve life on this blue planet
Blue Whale
Photographed surfacing in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, this whale is the largest animal on earth and has been known to reach 110 ft. (33 m) and up to 200 tons. The photographs in this gallery are drawn from the book Among Giants: A Life with Whales.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Humpback Whale
Jason Sturgis shoots behavioral footage of a yearling humpback whale and its mother in Maui, Hawaii. Click here to learn more about the book Among Giants: A Life with Whales.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Three mating bowheads surface in Isabella Bay in northeastern Canada. In recent years, the Baffin Island bowhead has improved from endangered status to become a species of least concern.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Narwhal Whales
The population of these medium-size, toothed Arctic inhabitants appears stable, but the narwhal has been deemed particularly vulnerable to climate change.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Gray Whales
A female, above, and a male swim in shallow feeding flats near Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Southern Right Whale
A scraped-up calf swims near its mother in a mating group near Patagonia, Argentina.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Humpback Whale
A female hangs quietly in a 60-ft. (18 m) deep-water column in Maui, with a male escort below it.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
White Sperm Whale
A very young and rare sperm whale swims with its mother in the Azores, Portugal.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
Minke Whale
A dwarf minke, the most abundant of the baleen whales, swims in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures
