But whaling “has become a sensitive, nationalistic topic,” she said. “It’s not about whaling itself. It’s more about Japanese pride and standing up for what people see as their culture.” ...

Since resuming whaling in 2003 after a 14-year pause, the island nation has killed 1,505 whales. Recent announcements by the country’s two whaling companies suggest that the annual hunt may be ...

Observations of winds that once buffeted this 1800s whaling ship are offering up some critical clues to climate change. The Charles W. Morgan is an attraction at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

Did a TV show force Japan to suspended its whaling operations? The Sea Shepherd, the ship featured in the Animal Planet series "Whale Wars," has become so successful at harassing whaling ships at ...

Friday evening is the official kickoff for the 29th annual Moby Dick Read-a-thon at the Whaling Musuem in New Bedford. A time where people come from all over to hear live readings of the 500-page ...

Protecting our oceans – with the help of drones and whale snot 05:07. Japan has resumed commercial whaling in the country for the first time in more than three decades — despite outrage from ...

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates ...

When is the Whaling City Festival car show The Whaling City Festival 4th annual car show will be held on Sunday, July 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. Registration is from 8 a.m. to noon. What's on the menu?

A new exhibition is looking at the traditional art form of scrimshaw through a wider context and contemporary lens. "The Wider World and Scrimshaw” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in ...

Under CEO Amanda McMullen, the New Bedford Whaling Museum is telling a broader story about history and has its eyes on an expansion as membership grows. Boston Business Journal.

IN 1792, 15 Nantucket whalers and their families moved to Milford Haven at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton of Linlithgow and Sir Charles Francis Greville. The plan was to form a whaling colony ...