Alaska is packed to the gills with amazing outdoor destinations, but this small town is one of the best thanks to several ...

On my recent Alaskan cruise aboard the Discovery Princess, I booked what turned out to be one of the most unforgettable excursions of my trip—a whale watching tour in Ketchikan through a company ...

Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologist Janet Neilson spotted a humpback whale with a deep gash behind its dorsal fin near Willoughby Island on June 27. Park service officials are asking for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even getting wet during a tense few seconds caught on camera by friends and family as the giant ...

Alaska's humpback whales came a step closer to moving off the endangered species list this week when an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a positive initial finding on ...

A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches the humpback whale carcass on Saturday, July 26. A dead humpback whale calf washed ashore near Douglas Harbor in Juneau over the weekend. National Oceanic and ...

Everyone waits with bated breath, watching seagulls circle over the water. We break our collective focus to make excited eye contact when a faint vocalization comes through the hydrophone. “Get your ...

Scientists discovered something that's both perplexing and worrisome — humpback whales are shrinking. A study found that humpback whales in the North Pacific are getting smaller. Compared to the ...

In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of baleen whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding ...