A new study shows that old whaling routes and Arctic ice still shape which bowhead whale populations recover today.

Recent public radio coverage about the Makah Tribe’s request to resume whaling pains me. It leaves me asking a simple question: Who speaks for the whale? The Makah people have a treaty right to hunt ...

The earliest documentary evidence of organised whaling dates back to the 11th century in the Basque Country. From there, the activity spread rapidly across the ports of the Bay of Biscay, from Galicia ...

Norway reopened its annual whale hunting season earlier this month, continuing a practice most countries abandoned decades ago. By the mid-20th century, industrial whaling had pushed many whale ...

At least six gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay from mid-March to early April 2026. These deaths follow a pattern over the past few years, and they are raising concerns among marine biologists ...

The gray whale, which some locals affectionately named Willapa Willy, was found on Saturday afternoon after first being spotted swimming up the Willapa River last week. By Livia Albeck-Ripka The young ...

Humans’ spiritual relationship with whales is as profound as the ocean depths these extraordinary mammals glide through. In the Old Testament, a whale is the instrument of God’s will; many Native ...

When tourists travel to Seattle, it's common to take in the Space Needle and the downtown skyline from Puget Sound. It's an itinerary that a newly arrived pod of killer whales appears to be following ...

A juvenile gray whale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, and an official with a marine mammal research group suspects hunger may have driven ...

The juvenile whale had swum about 20 miles inland into the Willapa River. Researchers say it’s part of surge in gray whale deaths. A gray whale seen swimming in the Willapa River in Southwest ...

PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — A whale spotted for the second time in one week on the Willapa River is deceased, according to the non-profit Cascadia Research Collective. On Wednesday, biologists with ...