The Makah Tribe has formally requested permission to resume its traditional whale hunt this July. A permit application is out ...

The gray whales are on their annual migration path between breeding grounds in Mexico and feeding grounds off the coast of ...

Whale Watching Week means better views and nicer weather to see gray whales. However, gray whale calf numbers are at historic ...

Early Monday morning, marine biologist Carrie Newell with Whale Research EcoExcursions reported seeing a pod of orcas north ...

PORT ANGELES — The Makah Tribe has submitted a permit application to NOAA Fisheries that will allow it to hunt up to 25 eastern North Pacific gray whales over a 10-year period, starting with one ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

A killer whale has become a first-time mom after a peachy-orange calf was spotted swimming with her off Washington, a whale ...

The Makah First Nation, located on the most northwestern tip of Washington state – just south of Port Renfrew – has been ...

Get up early. Winds, and therefore the waves, are mellower in the morning. Later in the day, the sun may cast a glare on the ...

which resulted in a higher-than-normal number of gray whale strandings in the eastern North Pacific population. A total of 690 strandings were reported in that time, according to the National ...

“Humpback whales and gray whales make the longest-distance ... “Sadly, North Atlantic right whales and North Pacific right whales are two species that are still critically endangered, and ...