Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 4
3. PREFACE 8
4. 1 MEET THE FAMILY 11
5. 2 HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHALES 33
6. 3 WHAT MAKES A WHALE A WHALE? 49
7. 4 STARTING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 69
8. 5 MAKING THEIR WAY IN THE WORLD 87
9. 6 FEEDING AND HUNTING 107
10. 7 MIGRATION AND MOVEMENT 129
11. 8 WHALE SONG 151
12. 9 WHALES AND US 169
13. 10 ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 193
14. LIST OF SPECIES 213
15. INDEX 216
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 222