When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...

Six hours after the orca was spotted by a group on a boat the tide rose and the whale was able to swim back out to sea.

Was the confusion due to a filing error, or is it possible that whale specimens made their way 300 miles inland to Dome City?

Each spring, local hunters sit on the edge of the ice and wait for whales—a custom that’s at least 1,000 years old.

A dead humpback whale was spotted in Unalaska Bay on Dec. 4, the third reported dead whale to wash up on the island since Oct ...

Orcas are some of the ocean's most enigmatic and playful creatures, and they're not as elusive as you might think. Here's ...

Scientists counting marine mammals off Alaska's Arctic Ocean coast spotted two large groups of killer whales last month, but orca experts are not ready to say the species has increased its numbers in ...

This is the dramatic moment a genius otter being chased by a killer whale hops onto a boat for safety with just seconds to spare. In the incredible footage, captured in Halibut Cove, Alaska, on Sunday ...

Researchers at the New England Aquarium are using drones to monitor the effects of climate change on endangered whale populations in Cape Cod Bay and Alaska. “Now we can understand why a population is ...

Learn how resident orcas collaborate with local dolphins to hunt salmon while offering protection for their smaller cousins ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two of three killer whales that wandered far up an Alaska river have died, apparently succumbing to stresses associated with being out of their saltwater habitat, federal ...