Applied research collects data needed to ensure food security for Indigenous subsistence hunters in the United States and Canada. In 2025, NOAA and the Alaska North Slope Borough successfully ...

A long-term study shows southern Alaska killer whales switch between salmon species and also eat groundfish as seasons and ...

The enormous whale carcass that was discovered over the weekend near Anchorage measured 47 feet in length—about the width of a college basketball court—and is believed to be a young female. Barbara ...

A long-term study using DNA from whale scat has revealed surprising complexity in the diets of southern Alaska’s fish-eating killer whales.

A fin whale washed ashore on Anchorage's mudflats over the weekend. By Nov. 18, it had started to freeze over. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Whales hold a deep and an outsized role in Alaska’s ...

Noyo Center for Marine Science Stranding Coordinator Sarah Grimes gives tips on sighting whales, and the Center announces four lectures as part of Whale Festival activities.

Passengers will have the chance to learn how to spot and track whales during MSC Cruises’ first Alaska sailings this summer.