The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — The Kangei Maru, the world’s only whaling mother ship, left its home Port of Shimonoseki on Monday for its second whaling season with the aim of catching fin whales for the ...

Totally agree with Grund. Using tax money for whaling should not be allowed. Whaling should only happen if it can support itself. Just like most other businesses. The ship is called The Kangei Maru ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

The Kangei Maru, a commercial whaling ship, leaves Shimonoseki port in western Japan on April 21, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese ...

According to the researchers, radar technologies like M2 can effectively monitor speed limits to help reduce vessel collisions with endangered whales, particularly in areas like the North Atlantic ...

Finished in 1848, this globe-spanning panorama depicts the sights from a whaling ship circumnavigating the Earth, with scenes from the Azores, New England, Rio De Janeiro, Cape Horn, Hawaii, New ...

NEW BEDFORD IS FAMOUS AS THE CITY THAT LIT THE WORLD DURING THE WHALING AGES, AND MATTAPOISETT WAS KNOWN AS REALLY THE PLACE FOR QUALITY SHIPS TO BE BUILT. A WHALE IS FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE ...