A new study links toxic algae found in bowhead whales to ocean warming - a growing threat to Arctic food webs.

Rising toxins found in bowhead whales harvested for subsistence use by Alaska Natives on the North Slope show that ocean ...

Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food ...

Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal ...

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Two bowhead whales surface in a small lead off Utqiaġvik in April 2012. (Photo by Kate Stafford) With ice declining, bowhead whales of the Pacific Arctic are staying longer in the waters up north.

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What's more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a meter thick—ice ...

Bowhead whales could end up abandoning parts of their historic ranges, leaving some tribes with no access to this traditional food and cultural resource. Having tribal involvement in whale ...

Wursig says the counting and describing of the Bowhead whales should be completed by July. Contact: Keith Randall at 979-845-4644 or Bernd Wursig at 409-740-4413.

An explanation of the data suggested two scenarios. In one, the bowhead whale’s pregnancy lasts 23 months. In the other, the whales weren’t pregnant during the first massive progesterone surge ...

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory.