Coffman Cove commercial fisherman Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for illegally “taking” an endangered sperm whale and falsifying fishing records in 2020. The ...

Sperm whales, the ocean’s gentle giants, hold an air of mystery and awe. These magnificent creatures navigate the vast ocean depths, carrying an aura that captivates the imagination of both scientists ...

Dugan Paul Daniels of Coffman Cove, Alaska, U.S.A., violated the U.S. Endangered Species Act by having one of his crew shoot ...

A sperm whale is seen in an undated photo published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA photo) A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six ...

“I’m not so interested in decoding it. I’m not a big fan of this work using AI to decode the sounds of sperm whales. To me that’s extremely hyped up, and people are doing it, because they ...

Whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. (Humpback whale mother and calf.) Credit: Martin van ...

When Gašper Beguš began studying linguistics, he spent his time deciphering ancient, largely dead languages. "Nobody cared about linguistics," he says in this episode of 101 in 101, a series from UC ...

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...