Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska. Each spring, local hunters sit on the edge of the ice and wait for whales—a custom that’s at least 1,000 years old.

"Humpback whales live in complex societies, are acoustically diverse, use bubble tools and assist other species being harassed by predators," Sharpe, who is a legacy board member of the Alaska ...

So far, 33 gray whales have been spotted in the area, compared to just four gray whale sightings in 2024. About one-third of the whales this year have stayed in the Bay for at least 20 days.

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 ...

McCauley explained that these gray whales travel from their feeding grounds in Alaska down to Mexico, where they breed in warmer waters, then travel back up the Pacific Ocean, past California ...

Whales have hair. Although they don’t look furry, whales do have hair, Hodgins says, explaining that some whales and dolphins are born with what look like whiskers on their beaks. These whiskers ...

Passengers in Newport Beach witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime minke whale encounter miles off the coast. ... they are most commonly spotted off the coasts of California, Alaska, and Japan. However, ...

It would be easy to assume that the bigger an animal’s eyes, the better they must work. However, a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, has revealed ...

On a sunny Sunday afternoon In Istanbul Turkey on the banks of the Bosporus Strait, I watched young men fishing, families ...

Almost 10 months after a Texas family’s boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, a search turned up human remains at the bottom of the bay. In August 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for ...

Six gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay in just the past week alone, bringing the total number of stranded whales to 15 so far this year as authorities rush to figure out what could be ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been sighted along the San Diego coastline, signaling the beginning of the blue whale watching season.