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

When whales become trapped, they can drag hundreds of pounds of gear for miles, often suffering deep cuts, infections, or ...

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 ...

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 ...

A juvenile fin whale that washed ashore over the weekend and died on Torrance Beach was returned to the ocean on Sunday. Tests will eventually determine what caused the death of the 50-foot, 25-ton ...

A juvenile Fin whale roughly 51 feet in length was found inside the surf line near Torrance Beach on Saturday night and died before rescuers arrived. Lifeguards discovered the whale around 6 p.m.