With 95,000 miles of coastline, the U.S. boasts amazing whale-watching destinations, with opportunities to see orcas, ...

The animals included humpback whales, fin whales and a gray whale. — -- It's a whale of a mystery. Thirty large whales have died in the western Gulf of Alaska since May, now deemed an "unusual ...

Researchers are ramping up monitoring efforts. Scientists issue warning after observing concerning change in humpback whales: ...

A humpback whale breaches in Kenai Fjords National Park on June 12, 2013. (Photo by Kaitlin Thoreson/National Park Service) Two dead whales were discovered last month in Southeast Alaska waters near ...

A fin whale washed ashore on Anchorage's mudflats over the weekend. By Nov. 18, it had started to freeze over. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Whales hold a deep and an outsized role in Alaska’s ...

A group of scientists had a “conversation” with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the SETI ...

JUNEAU — Two humpback whales found dead in Southeast Alaska in July showed evidence of being struck by ships, according to a federal fisheries agency. The whales were found in Icy Strait, a popular ...

KAKE, Alaska. – A rare white killer whale was recently spotted off the southeast coast of Alaska. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) says people on an 80-foot charter boat witnessed the ...

Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong — destroyed four-wheelers, houses and lives — the destruction of the traditional foods they'd gathered for the winter is among ...

The sale — initially analyzed during the Trump administration — was mandated by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden. A federal judge has suspended an oil sale off the coast ...

Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisherman serve six months in prison, pay a $25,000 fine and be banned from commercial fishing for a year after lying about fishing catches and ...