A die-off last year at St. Paul Island, the first compelling case of fatal saxitoxin poisoning in marine mammals, comes as ...

That discovery, made during a June 6 beach survey that was part of a class held by the University of Alaska Southeast ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known identification of “tool” usage by marine mammals.

For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social grooming.

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

Studies in Alaska have documented 2-5 times more fish species in areas with sea otters versus areas without. The effects extend even beyond the marine environment—healthier kelp forests capture more ...

As Michigan residents fish in the many rivers and lakes, there are fish consumption safety guidelines to follow.

A shipping container full of empty industrial-sized fish food bags fell off a barge heading from Baranof Island to the landfill in Petersburg. Dozens of the plastic bags have washed up near Juneau ...

Various fish species, including cunner and the pollock — the two dominant fish species identified in the study — swim off Cashes Ledge through some of the healthy kelp forest that remains in ...