The sighting excites the researchers, but it also sounds alarms. Scientists stunned after whales make extraordinary ...

In today’s fast-changing world, where species are constantly evolving and many are disappearing, it’s fascinating to learn ...

A new multiyear offshore program, to be unveiled soon, will include a reconfigured Arctic area where future lease sales will ...

Springtime in Alaska’s high Arctic reveals itself in unique ways. Migrating bowhead whales swim past tiny coastal villages. White-fronted geese paint the skies across the still-white tundra, and waves ...

When he is finally granted permission to accompany the Inupiats on their hunts out of Point Barrow on Alaska's Arctic coast ... bring in the five to ten bowhead whales they were permitted to ...

Bowhead whales glide under drifting ice and are rarely seen for more than a few precious moments. They support the Arctic ecosystem in ways that still leave many questions open. Researchers from ...

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest ... Then he turned the boat around and we headed back to town for some hot soup. Bowhead whales are named for the massive bony skulls that enable ...

Their ability to survive and even thrive beneath the snow demonstrates how even the smallest creatures can play a huge role in the Arctic ecosystem. Bowhead whales are giants of the Arctic seas, known ...