Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change

From whales and dolphins, to arctic shorebirds and elephants, all are affected by rising temperatures, extreme weather, and ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...
Alaska Public Media

'Stunning' 47-foot fin whale washes ashore near Anchorage's Westchester Lagoon

A dead whale the size of a school bus washed up along Anchorage’s Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on Saturday. On Monday morning, dozens of people braved the numbing cold to see the frost-covered carcass ...
The Boston Globe

‘That’s amazing’: Researchers spot rare endangered fin whale and calf

First, Kate Laemmle saw a recognizable tall, thin blow erupt out of the glassy Atlantic Ocean on a July 24 aerial survey. To see the exhale of an endangered fin whale was cool enough, the scientist ...
E&E

NOAA seeks to delay Rice’s whale critical habitat decision

Agency now wants to make the determination about the endangered Gulf of Mexico species in December. A much-anticipated critical habitat designation for the endangered Rice’s whale could be delayed ...
app.com

Dead sei whale discovered across bow of cruise ship in New York City

Editor's note: Authorities originally identified the whale as a fin whale, but said later the carcass is that of a smaller sei whale. Marine animal experts are investigating the death of a ...