whales in Alaska

Killer Whale or Orca?
August 22, 2021

Do you refer to the sleek black and white animal pictured above as a killer…

TAGS: killer whale, Killer Whale Predation, Killer whales near Kodiak Island, Kodiak Wildlife, Minke Whale, Robin Barefield, whales in Alaska, What do killer whales eat?

Whale Season
May 24, 2020

Spring marks the beginning of whale season here in Alaska. The humpbacks and grey whales…

TAGS: Fin Whale, Grey Whale, humpback whale, Minke Whale, Robin Barefield, Sei Whale, Whale Biology, Whale Evolution, whales, whales in Alaska, Wildlife of Kodiak Island

Why are Gray Whales Dying?
July 14, 2019

One-hundred-seventy-one gray whales have washed up on Pacific beaches from Mexico to Alaska so far…

TAGS: Bering Sea, Climate Change, Gray Whale Deaths, Gray Whales, Ocean Warming, Unusual Mortality Event, whales in Alaska

Two Tales of Entangled Tails
August 16, 2015

It has been estimated that marine mammal entanglement results in the deaths of hundreds of…

TAGS: Humpback whales, Humpbacks in Alaska, Whale entagled, whales in Alaska, Whales near Kodiak Island