A pod of killer whales, also known as orcas, swims in waters off Southeast Alaska's Chicagof Island in July of 2023. A new federal report describes the 37 killer whale entanglements that were ...

July: Peak Season and Prime Whale Watching. July is the height of the Alaska cruise season, and for good reason. Temperatures are at their warmest (55°F to 70°F during the day), making this ...

Humpback whales return each summer to Southeast Alaska to feed on fish and krill. This year, a record number of humpback calves have been documented in Glacier Bay, officials said.

In this photo provided by Brian Williams, a whale approaches his father, Kevin Williams, while he was paddleboarding in Prince William Sound near Whittier, Alaska, on July 13, 2023. AP ...

Foam floats trails alongside an entangled humpback whale calf near Juneau on July 17. ... “Alaska is going to be a very tough spot if the federal funding goes away,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger says.

When Adam A. Pack, a marine mammal researcher at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, was photographing whales in Alaska’s Frederick Sound in July, he instantly recognized the flukes of an old ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the ...

The fluke of whale SEAK-5490, as seen in July 2023 in Glacier Bay. C. Gabriele/NPS Photo / NMFS Scientific Research Permit No. 27027 hide caption ...

The whales in question were spotted by researchers off the coast of Alaska in July 2019. Over five days, the scientists filmed the whales building their bubble nets, a behavior that’s been ...

Alaska Stranding Network members examine a young, male humpback whale (2024097) on July 8, 2024 near Elfin Cove. Members included a veterinarian with Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services and a ...

In a photo provided by Adam Pack and NOAA, the humpback whale Old Timer is seen in Frederick Sound in Southeast Alaska, on July 29, 2024. Old Timer, a male first photographed in 1972, was spotted ...