Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) resting, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009. BOOK & WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale {Balaenoptera brydei / edeni} with throat pleats expanded after feeding on baitball of Sardines {Sardinops sagax} off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Veolia Environnement...

Mark Brownlow / Sperm whale {Physeter macrocephalus} diving, tail fluke, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

DOC WHITE / Blue whale underwater close-up of head and mouth feeding with pouch inflated, Mexico

Tony Wu / Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), group socialising in shallow water, aerial view. Part of larger group of more than 50 whales congregating, Sea of Okhotsk sub-population, Russia.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) male calf playing at ocean surface after coming up to breathe. Vava'u Islands, Tonga.

Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), ten swimming together in gathering of more than 50 individuals. Whales with flatulence and defecating. Sri Lanka.

Jordi Chias / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhoping, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing with baby and blowing, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Alex Mustard / Killer whales (Orcinus orca) at the surface in an Arctic fjord in Spildra, northern Norway, with sea birds. Arctic Ocean

Alex Mustard / Pod of False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) swimming beneath the surface of the ocean. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.