An orca, or killer whale, was spotted by an aerial survey team off the coast of Kitty Hawk in the Outer Banks last week.

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 ...

According to court filings by prosecutors, Daniels was fishing in Southeast Alaska waters in March 2020 when a whale began taking fish from his fishing gear, damaging it. Similar behavior has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...