Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong — destroyed four-wheelers, houses and lives — the destruction of the traditional foods they'd gathered for the winter is among ...

A humpback whale breaches in Kenai Fjords National Park on June 12, 2013. (Photo by Kaitlin Thoreson/National Park Service) Two dead whales were discovered last month in Southeast Alaska waters near ...

The animals included humpback whales, fin whales and a gray whale. — -- It's a whale of a mystery. Thirty large whales have died in the western Gulf of Alaska since May, now deemed an "unusual ...

A fin whale washed ashore on Anchorage's mudflats over the weekend. By Nov. 18, it had started to freeze over. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Whales hold a deep and an outsized role in Alaska’s ...

Anchorage got a special delivery on Friday from the North Slope; dozens of totes loaded with nearly 2,000 pounds of subsistence food for victims of Halong, including whale meat, fish and caribou, ...

A group of scientists had a “conversation” with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the SETI ...

One of the world’s most endangered whale populations has a newly identified member, and federal biologists are celebrating the discovery with a special contest to select a name for the animal. The ...

The best Alaska cruise excursions can range from the thrilling to the serene. Passengers can fly on sleds led by huskies, ogle bald eagles and salmon-gobbling grizzlies, and soar over towering ...

The sale — initially analyzed during the Trump administration — was mandated by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden. A federal judge has suspended an oil sale off the coast ...

Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisherman serve six months in prison, pay a $25,000 fine and be banned from commercial fishing for a year after lying about fishing catches and ...