A University of Washington research team found that four species of whales are particularly vulnerable to fatal collisions ...

With the near complete end of commercial whaling, ship collisions are now a leading cause of death worldwide for large whale ...

All the mountains of stuff that we ship across the oceans comes at a price: whale blood. A recent study in the journal Science calculates just how much, reporting that — thanks to the near-total ...

Most shipping paths cross whale habitats, a recent analysis concludes, making ship collisions a “major threat” to the world’s whales. The study, published in Science last month, conducted a ...

Coast Guard officials look at a dead Fin Whale estimated to be up to 60-feet-long, stuck to the bow of the cruise ship Galaxy docked ... and it's not alone. "Next to none of the measures globally ...

Know, too, that different cruise lines can offer similar excursions (many offering the exact same tour with the exact same ...

Many travelers make the trek to Alaska for two things: glaciers and whales. The latter can be ... Most companies will pick you up at the cruise ship terminal before transporting you to a nearby ...