Iceland's largest whaling company – Hvalur hf. – will not be hunting this season. This marks the second consecutive year that the company has opted out of whaling during the summer season.

Prominent whaling/captain families include Luce, Gibbs, Delanos, and Briggs. Captain Bejamin Spooner Briggs of the Mary Celeste was captain when the ship was discovered adrift and abandoned in the ...

The detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight on the widely condemned practice of hunting whales.

Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice.

This week, we’ve got a brand new exhibit at the Whaling Museum, outdoor adventures with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Bristol Community Colleges annual MLK community breakfast, and a ...

As Iceland’s latest whaling season comes to a close, a heated debate continues over the ethics and sustainability of the country’s policy on these marine mammals. Filmmaker and activist Micah ...

Eyeing an early 2024 opening, renovation is fully underway to bring back La Jolla’s beloved Whaling Bar. This week, management at La Valencia Hotel released preview images of what patrons can… ...

Whaling is one of the most sophisticated forms of phishing out there. The “whale”, or the target of these scams are high-level individuals such as CEOs, senior executives, and managers. And ...

How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge Whalers from the 18th and 19th centuries are helping 21st Century scientists on climate change.

Japan's whaling industry is struggling to stay afloat as government subsidies dwindle and consumers are less interested in what used to be a staple food on Japanese dinner tables.

Phishing is one of the most prominent internet scams, and its cousin scam, whaling, is just as dangerous. Here's how to identify and avoid a whaling attack.

Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville introduced the world to Moby Dick, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Read more on Boston.com.