Alaska’s congressman has proposed a truly heartless piece of legislation that would gut the remarkably successful Marine ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Bowhead whales are true northern creatures, swimming only in cold oceans off Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia. These bus-size whales have the largest mouths in the animal kingdom ...

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial ...

Dead gray whales keep showing up along the west coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, and it has become a concern for marine biologists. CNN values your feedback 1.

A group of scientists had a "conversation" with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the ...

ANCHORAGE -- Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers ...

A humpback whale appeared in front of an Alaskan paddleboarder as he was floating on Prince William Sound. The whale calmly glided away in a close encounter that could have gone south.

This paddleboarder had an over-whale-ming encounter. Dramatic photos captured the moment a massive humpback whale and a “puny” Alaska man came face-to-face in the Prince Williams Sound off the ...

A new study links toxic algae found in bowhead whales to ocean warming - a growing threat to Arctic food webs.