Whaling

More attention has been placed on the hunting of cetaceans off the Faroe Islands in recent years after 1,423 dolphins were killed in just one hunt in 2021.

A massive haul of ambergris, often referred to as whale vomit because it orginates inside whales' intestines, was seized from smugglers by Indian authorities.

Nearly 40 percent of fin whales struggle for over 11 minutes before they die after being shot in Iceland, an Icelandic government report has found.

Last year, the hunting in the Japanese village resulted in the death or capture of over 550 whales and dolphins.

Ocean conservation groups have described the news as "horrific," renewing calls for the practise to be banned.

Two thrilled PhD students watched the southern right whale giving birth off the coast of Cape Town.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and partners discovered the brig, Industry, at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in February.

The NOAA video shows an anchor, ballast, bottles and a stove resting on the ocean floor.

Hal Whitehead, research professor at Dalhousie University, told Newsweek the whales learned to smash up the whaler boats as an act of self-defense.

"We don't know how many whales are in this group, but we suspect it's a lot by the enormous number of calls we hear," study author Tracey Rogers said.

"These ongoing and cruel persecutions of marine mammals are increasingly out of step with modern scientific thinking," said Mark Simmonds from Humane Society International.

The International Whaling Commission announced an international moratorium on commercial whale hunting in 1986, but the industry continues in several parts of the world.

Do you have mysterious whale bones in your house? They might belong to a skeleton that inspired a passage from Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick."

A moratorium on commercial whaling had been in place since 1986.

The Humane Society International has condemned the "cruelty of Japan's whale hunt."

A video featuring gruesome whaling tactics was released after an eight-year legal battle.

Activists say overfishing will have devastating consequences for the species.

An international moratorium on whaling only allows for hunts that have a scientific purpose.

Activists published a photograph of a dead whale two days after leaders had discussed the issue.

The algorithm will save researchers countless hours spent trawling through photos of right whales.

Anonymous has been targeting Japanese and Icelandic websites over whaling.

Conservationists, and neighboring countries Australia and New Zealand, aren't happy with the decision.

Fin whales are considered endangered and illegal for most countries to transport.

Japanese whaling boats will return to the Antarctic next year despite international opposition, a government official announced Monday.