An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping ... On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales. Each spring, men and ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— NOAA Fisheries ... Diversity and Save the North Pacific Right Whale. The petition requested that the agency include thousands of square nautical miles the whale relies on for ...

Although known as "killer whales," orcas are ... in charge of filming various gray whale behaviors as the team follows the whales on their annual migration, in the Web-based game Whale Watcher.