After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

A killer whale has become a first-time mom after a peachy-orange calf was spotted swimming with her off Washington, a whale ...

Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii, where they breed. There, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National ...

Whale Watching Week means better views and nicer weather to see gray whales. However, gray whale calf numbers are at historic ...

The juvenile fin whale washed ashore on the Anchorage mud flats in November and drew thousands of visitors. It’s still there.

UnCruise’s floating basecamps offer rare and intimate views of the state’s iconic animals, including whales, bears, salmon, ...

Dugan Paul Daniels had previously agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement for attempting to kill a whale, and the ...

Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii, where they breed. There, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale ...

More than 19,000 gray whales are expected to pass by Oregon's shores from late winter through June as they migrate back to ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...