whales

January and February mark peak season for breeding whales in the Hawaiian Islands, increasing the risk for boat collisions.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will invest $17 million in its Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Funding will strengthen the climate resilience of its humpback whale visitor and community center in Kīhei, Maui.

To mark World Oceans Day on June 8, one of the events planned is a film festival centered around one of the most amazing creatures found in our oceans — whales. The Conversation talked to film festival director Alisha Chauhan with the Pacific Whale Foundation about what's in store.

Scientists suspect infection or disease may be why two pygmy whales stranded themselves last week on Maui's Sugar Beach. The two male mammals were…

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists euthanized two pygmy killer whales Tuesday after the mammals stranded themselves on Sugar Beach…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is monitoring six pygmy killer whales lingering off Sugar Beach in Kihei, Maui, the same beach where a…

What’s up with our humpback whales? That’s the question that started to be asked as reports began trickling in across the Pacific that maybe the numbers…

More than 10,000 humpback whales migrate to the islands every winter to give birth in Hawaii’s warmer waters. But this whale season, officials are seeing…