An Alaska family found themselves treading water after a massive humpback whale rammed into their boat and sank it last month. Tania Lewis said she and her family had fallen asleep after a day of ...

A breathtaking display of teamwork unfolded in the waters of Alaska as a pod of humpback whales was captured carrying out a ...

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In a remarkable discovery, NOAA archaeologists have confirmed the wreckage of 33 American whaling ships trapped and crushed ...

There is a lot of traffic under and around the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. High-speed ferries cross the bay while cargo ships pass under the bridge. Among this industrial traffic, a group ...

A humpback whale rammed an Alaska family’s sailboat in Glacier Bay on July 29 and sank it. Tania Lewis and her husband were ...

TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer heads out on the waters of Alaska to learn how the cruise industry is working to protect humpback whales through marine conservation. (Sponsored by MSC Cruises) ...

Alaska has called to curious adventurers for well over two centuries. First, expeditioners came to The Last Frontier for fur, ...

A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park on July 29. The family survived. When they recovered ...

A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales when sailing large ships through the region. The training ...

A family’s sailboat sank after an apparent humpback whale strike in Alaska’s Glacier Bay, leaving them stranded on shore ...

An Alaskan family’s peaceful night at anchor ended with a giant thud, a sinking boat and having to swim to shore in the dark.