Rising toxins found in bowhead whales harvested for subsistence use by Alaska Natives on the North Slope show that ocean ...

A humpback whale near Glacier Bay National Park was recently injured by a suspected vessel strike near Willoughby Island. The ...

Here, the sun disappears for approximately 65 straight days during the polar night, plunging the town into total darkness. Then, in a dramatic reversal, it does not set for more than two months in ...

Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food ...

Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal that ocean ...

Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal ...

Pictures show the whale with a large gash behind its dorsal fin. The injury was caused by a boat propeller during late June.

Scientists have been descending on the Alaska city of Barrow since 1973. This monument made of whale bones is to lost sailors. Associated Press No roads lead to Barrow, Alaska. To reach America ...

The tip of the bomb lance fragment, patented in 1879, that was removed from the neck of a bowhead whale captured at Barrow, Alaska (Picture: AP) ‘He couldn’t have been that bothered if he ...

Kimchi With a Side of Whale A Native staple and its unexpectedly perfect complement bring Alaska’s many cultures together on the plate ...

Veteran whalers told Alaska Public Media last year that the community of Utqiagvik had never gone that long without seeing a bowhead whale near Point Barrow during the fall hunting season.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution image: A bowhead whale breaches the surface of the cold waters near Point Barrow, Alaska. view more Credit: Photo by Kate Stafford, University of Washington ...