The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a whale-watching vessel with 49 passengers near Newport on Sept. 17. The boat, named Discovery, started producing excessive smoke and lost propulsion while in between the ...

Whale watch operators are defending their practices following the release of a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that looked at vessel impact on whales. After 10 years of ...

The Transportation Safety Board gave details on why the whale-watching boat Leviathan II overturned off British Columbia, killing six of its 27 passengers. The Leviathan II, a whale-watching boat off ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Coast Guard station in Oregon rescued dozens of passengers aboard a whale-watching boat that was disabled near Newport on Wednesday. The 62-foot boat, The Discovery, was in ...

MONTEREY, Calif. -- A group on a whale watching tour in Monterey, California was in the right place at the right time Sunday, and witnessed a spectacular sight - a "triple breach" of humpback whales!