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

A Southeast Alaska fisherman was sentenced last week to six months in prison for violating the Lacey Act by falsifying records, as well as violating the Endangered Species Act by attempting to ...

An aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted the killer whale near ...

The Museum of Alaska in Wasilla, formerly known as the Alaska Museum of Transportation and Industry, plans to take possession of whale’s skeleton for use in an eventual educational display ...

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

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

A new study revealed that whales support tropical ecosystems by transporting vital nutrients across vast ocean from Alaska to ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...

A Southeast Alaska fisherman’s six-month sentence in prison for attempting to kill an endangered sperm whale, and falsifying records, highlights the case’s significance to the entire commercial ...

Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted ... "and they don't want predators, like killer whales, or breeding humpback males ...