They have rounded foreheads and no dorsal fin. These whales are common in the Arctic Ocean's coastal waters, though they are found in subarctic waters as well. Arctic belugas migrate southward in ...

A dramatic shift is unfolding in the Arctic Ocean, where killer whales (orcas)—once blocked ... and long-term survival in ...

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest and also the coldest. The largest animal that has ever existed lives in an ocean habitat. The blue whale can grow up to 30m long and weigh 200 tonnes.

In 2006, the agency designated critical habitat for North Pacific right whales in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. But threats to the whales in Alaska are mounting in many areas. Trans-Arctic ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in ...

This sea ice is the foundation of an entire ecosystem, providing a habitat for species ... belugas and bowhead whales. Many see the opening Arctic as the newest frontier and a bonanza of natural ...