Six hours after the orca was spotted by a group on a boat the tide rose and the whale was able to swim back out to sea.

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...

From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are ...

Each spring, local hunters sit on the edge of the ice and wait for whales—a custom that’s at least 1,000 years old.

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

Orcas are some of the ocean's most enigmatic and playful creatures, and they're not as elusive as you might think. Here's ...

Wooller knows that mammoths lived on Alaska’s St. Paul Island until about 5,600 years ago and on Russia’s Wrangell Island 4,000 years ago. The youngest mammoth fossil ever found in mainland Alaska is ...

When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...

Researchers at the New England Aquarium are using drones to monitor the effects of climate change on endangered whale populations in Cape Cod Bay and Alaska. “Now we can understand why a population is ...

Craving a summer in real Alaskan freedom? Juneau has glaciers, whales, rainforest trails, and wild wonder. Let's guide you through when to visit, how to get there, what to do, where to stay, and how ...