NEW BEDFORD — The city is preparing for a special weekend as Descendants of Whaling Masters, a non-profit organization, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an event called “A Whale of a Weekend” ...

NEW BEDFORD -- The Whaling City Festival is back to kick off another season of celebrating New Bedford. From July 6 to the 9, Buttonwood Park will transform with the sounds of carnival rides, tons of ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host an event exploring the history and culture of Pico Island, the second largest island in the Azores archipelago. The event will feature a book release, film ...

Ever since digital communication hit the mainstream there have been odious people using it to try and take advantage of unassuming victims. Hacking, malware, spyware, ransomware — it feels like ...

NEW BEDFORD - Scientists are taking weather data logged in centuries-old whaling logbooks and using it to help create new climate models to see shifting weather patterns. Though whaling is largely ...

The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery. Even after petroleum replaced whale oil as an energy source in the ...

The Makah tribe in Washington state will be able to resume their longstanding tradition of whaling, after NOAA Fisheries decided Thursday to give them a waiver for a hunt. A Native tribe in Washington ...

Silverdale's annual parade and street fair centered at Waterfront Park and stretching through Old Town returns this weekend, as the 2025 Whaling Days festivities begin Friday. Live music kicks off ...

Major Icelandic whaling company Hvalur has just announced that it will not hunt fin whales this summer, Mongabay reported. This announcement comes after a controversial decision by the government of ...

BERLIN — Greenland police said they arrested a veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner on Sunday on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. Paul Watson was arrested when ...

Renowned anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland after spending five months behind bars. The Danish Justice Ministry announced that he will not be extradited to ...