What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...

Ancient Engravings On Rocks by American Whalers Is Australia's Oldest Sign of White Colonization The Dampier Archipelago in ...

In 1876, the whaling ship Catalpa sailing out of New Bedford, carried out a dramatic rescue of six Irish prisoners being held by the British in western Australia. The story did not end there.

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Documents obtained by The Canadian Press reveal the non-profit Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP) has yet to secure approval from all five owners of property adjacent to where the group plans to build ...

Four Russian ships on their way back from Syria were closely watched by British ships and helicopters reporting on their every move. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset, minehunter HMS Cattistock ...

Two decades ago, the U.S. Navy had 282 battle-force ships against the Chinese navy’s 220, but by the mid-2010s this advantage had disappeared. Today, Chinese ships outnumber those of the U.S. Navy 400 ...

Researchers have reported the first sighting of a North Atlantic right whale calf in Massachusetts waters so far this year. North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and there are ...

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Its activists have confronted whaling ships on the high seas. They’ve hung banners from the Eiffel Tower. They’ve occupied oil rigs. A (fictional) activist even sailed with Greenpeace in an ...

Activist Paul Watson has revealed a plan to take action against Iceland's whaling activities in June, while continuing to monitor whether Japanese ships return to the Southern Ocean to hunt the marine ...