Many travelers make the trek to Alaska ... whales. The latter can be a bit more elusive to spot, which is why it's best to sign up for a whale watching tour. In Juneau, North Pacific humpbacks and ...

Orange County is one of the best places in California to whale watch. Every year, thousands of gray whales make the migration down the California coast from Alaska to Mexico. The best time to spot ...

Encounter whales (and whale sharks, too) in quiet, relaxing destinations like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the ice caps and Baja California Sur.

One documented incident occurred in 1992 in Alaska, when a hungry pod of four Biggs’ killer whales attacked a pair of swimming moose. They feasted on the larger of the two. The smaller one ...

A sperm whale is seen in an undated photo published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA photo) Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisherman serve six ...

A sperm whale is seen in an undated photo published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA photo) Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisher serve six months ...

but prosecutors say this is the first time in Alaska that a fisher has attempted to kill a whale in retaliation, and it may be the first time nationally. “Daniels’ behavior evidences a total ...

After more than 50 years, Southern Resident orcas were spotted in Penn Cove. It’s the exact place where tragedy struck in the ...

The new six-episode podcast from "The New York Times" and Serial Productions follows Keiko the orca's journey from animal actor to free whale Serial Productions Serial Productions is ready to ...

The break in construction on the large wind farm will allow endangered North Atlantic right whales to move through the area with less noise disturbance. Dominion Energy has halted some ...

HALIFAX - A new study says persistent organic pollutants in waters off Canada’s East Coast are “dangerously high” for killer whales and put them at an elevated risk for serious immune-system ...