On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers ... There is typically one chance to harpoon the whale. If the hunt is successful, each person in the village can receive a share ...

An endangered fin whale washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska attracting dozens of curious observers as wildlife biologists investigated the reason behind the marine animal's death. The carcass ...

The gray whales make a remarkable 10,000-to-12,000-mile round trip migration from Alaska to their Mexican nurseries each year ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the ...

Now a crew of biologists, students, volunteers and onlookers is breaking down the carcass in order to send the whale's bones to their permanent home at a Wasilla museum. Earlier this month, the Museum ...

Salmon were once a rare sighting in the Alaskan Arctic. But warming temperatures have made them more common up there, and ...

James Grogan, the museum’s director, said he had consulted with biologists, veterinary pathologists, Alaska Native cultural experts and others about the best way to break down the whale.

Malia Towne, who is Haida and Tlingit, grew up subsistence fishing every summer on her family’s traditional lands near Ketchikan, Alaska. As the years went by, they watched as the salmon population ...

Whale watch week offers people the chance to see migrating gray whales up close from the Oregon Coast Gray whales are rebounding after hitting historic lows a few years ago. Spring Whale Watching ...