A high-tech system that involves a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device is helping some fishermen from getting their ...

Juneau is a refuge for humpback whale moms and their calves, but the sheer number of whale watching boats may be harming them ...

A dead whale near Valdez draws researchers. Fairbanks completes a key burn for bird habitat. Juneau opens the Raven in Motion ...

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NOAA said. The U.S. listed all humpback whales as endangered in 1970. The whale Lee spotted off of Palm Beach County may be a member of one of two populations of humpback whales in the North ...

Scientists believe humpback whale songs — while still ... repeating the same song over and over,” per NOAA. The singing whale was identified by its distinctive black pectoral fin markings ...

Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

Chart of humpback whale strandings (courtesy NOAA) When it comes to preventing incidents like this, Thayer said the best thing vessels can do is stay away when they spot a whale. “Some whales ...

Since February, marine rescue centers have been overwhelmed responding to sea lions, dolphins and birds found sick and dying on local beaches.

Officials are investigating the cause of death of a whale that washed ashore in Ventura as dozens of marine mammals have been found dead from toxic algae. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at ...

REPORTING IN MONTEREY, IM JK, KSBW ACTION NEWS 8. NOAA ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT CREWS FREED A HUMPBACK WHALE THAT HAD BEEN ENTANGLED IN CRAB TRAPS OFF THE MONTEREY BAY. WHALE-WATCHING BOATS FIRST ...