In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

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In July 1848, Thomas Roys, master of the whaling ship Superior, out of Sag Harbor, New York, sailed north through the Bering ...

Bowhead whales—some of the longest-lived mammals on the planet—may owe their impressive lifespans to a knack for cellular ...

Among its shorter seven-day sailings are Inside Passage cruises that stop at Ketchikan, Skagway and Juneau with scenic ...

Scientists are worried about the winter fishing season as well as the effects of federal government cuts to agencies.

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

Xi is a careful student of Chinese history who has learned from the country’s past diplomatic failures and responded to Trump ...

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

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

A Yup’ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities ...

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