I knew that on a typical one-week cruise in Southeast Alaska I would likely encounter diminutive harbor porpoises, giant humpback whales, shoals of Pacific white-sided dolphins, killer whales and ...

Lewes' Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute posted to its Facebook page on Monday that its team was responding to a "subadult" humpback whale in the Indian River Bay.

You can reach Petersburg by Alaska Marine Highway ferry or Alaska Airlines flights from Juneau and Seattle. May is best for ...

Humpback whales are protected species under U.S. law and are found in waters across the country including Alaska, mid-Atlantic, Pacific Islands, and West Coast among other areas, according to the ...

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is seeing an uptick in humpback whales washing up on shores.

Efforts to tow a dead humpback whale out of the Indian River Bay were unsuccessful Wednesday. "The boat was not large enough to be able to handle that kind of weight," said Marine Education ...

A humpback whale and her calf swim together in Hawaiian waters where humpback whales give birth and prepare their young to go on their arduous trip to the Northwest Pacific and Alaska. Courtesy ...