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The study found that almost 7,000 North Pacific humpbacks went missing between 2012 and 2021 — a 20% population drop-off like due to the record-setting marine heatwave known as “the blob.”

Juneau’s humpback whales are beloved by visitors and locals alike. But scientists say there’s a lot we don’t know about their health. 

Footage of humpback whales exfoliating their skin with sand offer new insight into these animals’ complex lifestyles deep beneath the ocean.

There’s about to be a new resource to educate locals, tour guides and visitors about the humpback whales of Southeast Alaska.

A judge has agreed to another extension for a final rule on designating critical habitat for endangered and threatened humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean.

Over the past decade, federal officials have logged 77 incidents of vessels hitting whales in Alaska waters.

NOAA Fisheries confirmed that the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement determined Holland America Line’s Eurdoam altered course and slowed speed as it approached the humpback whales on June 24. 

Federal regulators are investigating video footage that appears to show a Holland America Line cruise ship narrowly missing a pod of humpback whales while on its way to Juneau.

A humpback whale that beached in Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage has died. Biologists say it is an uncommon location for a humpback, and they are now studying its death.

More than 30 times this year, the federal government has received reports of whales tangled in fishing gear along the West Coast. Sometimes the whales manage to wriggle free. Other times you see heart-rending pictures on the news or a rescue mission.