Whale

Boaters in Alaska saw a strange sight on Thursday: A six-meter-long killer whale lay on the shore, stuck in a crevice.Someone on a boat spotted the orca on Prince of Wales Island near the coast of British Columbia, Julie Fair, a spokeswoman…

The name of the boat is Truth, which is just one of the juicy details in Joshua Zeman's nautical documentary "The Loneiest Whale: The Search for 52". Another is a coda that the audience will appreciate staying for.The whale in question -…

It was sunny and clear Friday morning and the water was calm off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Michael Packard was diving for lobsters.His longtime fishing partner Josiah Mayo followed him in their J&J fishing vessel,…

"For some of us it was just, 'ugh, those dung whales are in my data," said Dr. Caplan-Auerbach. Humpback whales have historically paused their research on Lo'ihi Seamount, an underwater Hawaiian volcano. "We had Tons and tons of whale…