Just six weeks to go until the opening of Whales: Giants of the Deep, a new exhibition devoted to the biology, anatomy, and evolution of whales—as well as the marine mammals' cultural significance to coastal and seafaring human cultures, from New Zealand to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Learn more in the video from John Flynn, Frick Curator of Mammals in the Museum's Division of Paleontology, and co-curator of the exhibition.
Whales: Giants of the Deep opens March 23, 2013.