A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches the humpback whale carcass on Saturday, July 26. A dead humpback whale calf washed ashore near Douglas Harbor in Juneau over the weekend. National Oceanic and ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Sally Mizroch was pretty sure she'd seen whale No. 183 before. Its distinctive tail fluke was all white, with a few black Marilyn Monroe-type spots. She entered its features into her ...

Everyone waits with bated breath, watching seagulls circle over the water. We break our collective focus to make excited eye contact when a faint vocalization comes through the hydrophone. “Get your ...

Want front-row seats to humpbacks breaching, orcas on the hunt, and gray whales hugging the coastline? These U.S. whale-watching spots deliver big surprises, sometimes from shore, and often without a ...