National Geographic news5mon
Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska
Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...
IFLScience1d
In 2007, A 100-Year-Old Harpoon Was Found Inside The World’s Longest-Living Mammal
It was an unusual contribution to the growing body of evidence that bowhead whales, as well as being among the largest whales ...
Dead 47-foot-long endangered fin whale washes up in Alaska, attracting hundreds of people
The carcass of the juvenile female fin whale, measuring almost 47 feet, was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles ...
Alaska Dispatch News10d
Biologists, onlookers continue examining a nearly 50-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Anchorage’s mud flats
The carcass was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, near the mouth of Fish Creek and just south of ...
Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska’s largest city
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A dead fin whale rests on the frozen mudflats near Anchorage, ...
Nearly 50-Foot, Endangered Fin Whale Washes Ashore in Alaska
NOAA biologists are trying to determine how the whale died, while onlookers have gathered to see the large carcass.
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling
Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) A polar bear and cubs search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left ...
Hosted on MSN2mon
World's oldest whale found with 100-year-old harpoon in its side
A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...
Commercial whaling and climate change are inhibiting evolutionary change in Arctic whales
A reminder of this exploitation was found in 2007, when a bowhead whale in Alaska was found to have fragments of a harpoon ...
Morning Call PA1mon
The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages
KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — Early last summer ... They subsist by hunting caribou and bowhead whales; village whalers landed three bowheads this year. After butchering the whales on a nearby ...