Hoping to see whales on your Alaska cruise? Here’s what to know about spotting them from the ship and on excursions.

The can't-miss highlights of a seven-night sailing aboard the newly reimagined Celebrity Solstice, according to frequent ...

In Alaska, it’s illegal for vessels to get within 100 yards of humpback whales, speed near them, block their path or disrupt ...

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 ...

Passengers will have the chance to learn how to spot and track whales during MSC Cruises’ first Alaska sailings this summer. The cruise line is set to debut in Alaska this summer and has partnered ...

It’s hard to beat the unique experience of Alaska in the wintertime. Although some might define that trip as the definition of “hardship,” the northernmost state offers rare joys in its coldest months ...

They were mammoth bones… until they weren’t. For more than 70 years, a pair of fossils in the collection of the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN) was believed to have come from the Ice ...

Doug Nussbaum is a retired logger whose morning rituals include a walk down to the bluff behind his house that overlooks a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The beluga whales of Alaska's Cook Inlet are endangered and require additional protection to survive, the government declared Friday, contradicting Gov. Sarah Palin, who has ...