Hundreds of years ago, sailors were terrified by the Kraken, a dreadful sea monster capable of sinking ships and with a taste for human flesh ... generally depicted as a whale-like creature, as its ...

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 ...

"If Japan returns to the Southern Ocean in the fall, we will be there to meet them," he said, mentioning his group's readiness to deploy a ship standing by in Australia to protect the whale ...

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

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

In August 1871, 32 whaling ships from various corners of the United States, including Hawaii, New England, and California, met in the cold waters off the shores of Alaska in pursuit of the Bowhead ...

This is the spectacular moment a whale leaps from the water in front of a patrol ship in Japan. Dramatic footage shows the large marine mammal seemingly enjoying its playful behaviour off the ...

But it could also be injured as a result of human activity: trawling and ships can kill whales, too. Whitehead says he can't tell from the video, but says unlike other whale species, the sperm whale ...

in July as he sought to intercept a Japanese whaling ship. Japan, which has long sought Watson’s extradition, accuses him of obstructing commercial whaling activities and injuring crew members ...

A major Bitcoin whale has placed a $368 million short position with 40x leverage, betting on a price decline in the cryptocurrency ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting ...

British Divers Marine Life Rescue said a long-finned pilot whale was found on Gwithian beach An emergency rescue is underway after a whale beached in Cornwall. British Divers Marine Life Rescue ...