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

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

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

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 ...

One of the 14 humpback whale populations in the world, this group migrates from feeding grounds near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, passing through the Central Coast and down the Baja California ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even getting wet during a tense few seconds caught on camera by friends and family as the giant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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