Blue whales might be some of the most iconic creatures on the planet, but for all their impressive features, there’s still ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

"These majestic animals are in dire need of new protections." Officials share heartbreaking image of endangered whale: 'A ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

At the 69 th IWC meeting in 2024, for example, countries voting against both a Resolution on commercial whaling and a ...

The harpooned whales of South Georgia met a brutal fate: winched onto boats then dumped on land, they were dragged to industrial whaling ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five years ...

While commercial whaling in the twentieth century killed big whale populations, it also appears to have had a long-term impact on the genetic variety of today's surviving whales, according to a ...

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's decision on Thursday and reinstated the protections. The lower court had ruled against a federal law banning lobster fishing ...

The report comes ahead of the upcoming 62nd International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, where governments will debate a possible resumption of commercial whaling in Antarctic waters. Save the ...