A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Scientists warn that the changes go beyond economics. Humpbacks help keep ocean ecosystems healthy by circulating nutrients through their migrations — so when their numbers and size drop, the entire ...

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years ...

Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto ...

Scientists are worried about the winter fishing season as well as the effects of federal government cuts to agencies.

Cold-activated DNA repair protein in bowhead whales boosts longevity and radiation resistance in lab tests, say media reports ...

Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska storm victims the destruction of the traditional foods they’d gathered for the ...