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 strong ...

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

A large Soviet vessel, harpoon gun poised to fire, looms over a whale immediately below the bow, the animal's large gaping wound oozing blood into the cold Pacific Ocean. It's an image that ...

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In the 1970s, a small group of Greenpeace activists had a unique idea for how they could put an end to commercial whaling. A large Soviet vessel, harpoon gun poised to fire, looms over a whale ...

Shirley Shoup went to sea on the Lynn Ann whaler. Photos courtesy Shirley Shoup, via the Humboldt Historian. In May of 1947 I ...

The first word, harpoon, refers primarily to that curved cutout at rear of the top of the blade, which dates back to — or is at least inspired by — the whaling industry of the 1800s. Just as an actual ...

A beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial ...

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This is the third year since Japan resumed commercial whaling in 2019, for the first time in 31 years. Japan’s whaling expeditions in the past two years have been “commercial” in name only.