The carcass of an endangered fin whale, nearly 50 feet in ... ventured across the mudflats to view the whale, which NOAA biologists and Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services staff secured to ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

What do whale experts and alien hunters have in common? More than you might expect. For a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ, scientists from UC Davis, the Alaska Whale ...

Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Feb 26, 2024 Feb 26, 2024 One of the world’s most endangered whale populations has a newly identified member, and federal biologists are celebrating the discovery with ...

“Alaska’s endangered marine wildlife will face a surge of ... Protected species within the route include the humpback whale, bowhead whale, North Pacific right whale, fin whale, ringed seal, bearded ...

and then I saw the fin of something." Though a humpback can easily fit a human inside its mouth, it is scientifically impossible for the whale to actually swallow a human once inside, according to ...

The fin whale - known as the "greyhound of the sea" for their speed - is the world's second-largest animal after the blue whale. It is the second one to wash up in Cornwall this year.

An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping ... On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales. Each spring, men and ...

Unmistakable as adults, their color lightens to white, and they have a dorsal ridge rather than a fin. Belugas have ornately ... critical habitat three years later. When Alaska filed suit challenging ...

Ocean-bottom seismology stations are designed to monitor earthquakes, and often pick up whale songs. Researchers have previously used these incidental recordings to track fin whale movements, but this ...