A pair of residents first spotted the whale on Oct. 10 off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska. Surrounded by Glacier ... The team analyzed those images with the help of experts as far away as Hawaii.

Dramatic photos captured the moment a massive humpback whale and a “puny” Alaska man came face-to-face in the Prince Williams Sound off the city of Whittier. Anchorage resident Kevin Williams ...

Workers free an entangled ... Neilson matched photos of the entangled whale’s fluke pattern that identified the humpback as SEAK-5490. The whale was first documented by the Alaska Whale ...

A group of scientists had a “conversation” with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the ...

"there is time to cut the animal free," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration writes in an overview of disentanglement procedures in Alaska. But, it notes, the whale's massive size ...

The whale in Alaska had got itself caught in lines attached to a heavy crab pot (Getty Images) As Mr Sharpe and a team of experts flew to Gustavus the next day on 11 October, they kept an eye out ...

Only one was released alive, according to a brief Alaska NOAA Fisheries statement posted online. A team is analyzing data collected about the other nine whales to determine the cause of injury or ...

To report an injured or stranded whale, contact NOAA Fisheries Alaska Statewide 24-hour Stranding Hotline at (877) 925-7773. This story was updated to add more information and images. Saman Shafiq ...

Carcass of Endangered Fin Whale Washes up Near Alaska's Largest City ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even getting wet during a tense few seconds caught on camera by friends and family as the ...