Scientists think that ancient humans were crafting whale bone instruments in places including the Arctic and South Pacific.

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed ... Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency this year added fin whales to its list of three whale species that can be legally hunted as the country expands commercial whaling along its coast. Japan resumed ...

You can get in touch with Amir by emailing a.daftari@newsweek.com. Languages: English and Farsi Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices ...

Barbara Mahoney, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the Anchorage Daily News that the whale was likely between 1 and 3 years old. Fin whales, the second ...

Beach goers ran into a sick 51-foot whale that washed up on a Los Angeles suburban shore Saturday night and quickly died, officials said. The fin whale – the second largest whale species in the ...

Two of the dead whales – a right whale that washed up on Martha's Vineyard and a fin whale that washed up ... a workable solution instead of denying facts and dragging its feet to make changes ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal's death. The carcass ...

Washington, DC—Today, Japan and Iceland decided to allow each country’s last remaining whale companies to hunt fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet. Adopting the recommendations of a ...

A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage’s coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun. The first ...