Volunteers with Vulcan Towing in Anchorage helped Museum of Alaska director James Grogan extract almost all of the remaining bones from a fin whale on Cook Inlet mudflats on Tuesday. All that remained ...

Last Thursday, Grogan and a few volunteers used a rugged amphibious all-terrain Hägglunds vehicle to get out to the whale ...

Researchers at DIAS find whale song can be heard up to five kilometres inshore, aiding coastal fin whale monitoring.

Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will ...

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species on the planet and have a “distinctive coloration – black or dark brownish-gray on the back and sides and white on the underside,” according to the ...

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

Scientists in Ireland have discovered that singing giant whales near the shore are causing the earth to move with their ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

As offshore wind turbines rise from the waters off the Northeast coast, so do questions about their impact beneath the ...

A vibrant ecosystem, teeming with seals, whales, seabirds, and fish of all sizes, thrives at the meeting point of the ...