"Very nerve-racking." Experts issue warning after disturbing string of whale deaths: 'We're all really concerned and alarmed' ...

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

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

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 ...

A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches the humpback whale carcass on Saturday, July 26. A dead humpback whale calf washed ashore near Douglas Harbor in Juneau over the weekend. National Oceanic and ...

Alaska's humpback whales came a step closer to moving off the endangered species list this week when an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a positive initial finding on ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologist Janet Neilson spotted a humpback whale with a deep gash behind its dorsal fin near Willoughby Island on June 27. Park service officials are asking for ...

The absence of zombie worms on these bones suggests that the expanding oxygen minimum zones in the northeast Pacific and ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...