Dick' marathon starts this weekend. Want to know what the fuss is all about? Here's everything you need to know.

Call me Ishmael” — one of the most famous first lines in literary history — has been enthralling Herman Melville fans at the ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will kick off its 30th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon weekend with the Melville Scholars’ Dinner & Lecture on Jan. 2, 2026.

The science in Japan’s “scientific” whaling program has always been a little, well, questionable. Commercial whaling is essentially illegal for all nations that remain part of the International ...

For the first time in 17 years, there will be no commercial whaling in Iceland after the sole company certified to hunt whales failed to renew its license in time. Hvalur hf, started in 1948, will not ...

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 ...

If you watch shows like Animal Planet’s popular Whale Wars, which chronicles the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s battle against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic seas, you might think the world’s ...

A log book dated Nov. 2, 1847 through July 21, 1851 from the whaling vessel "John Harland" sits at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Mass. AP NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Maritime historians, ...

After a five-year legal battle, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Australia has released graphic footage of a Japanese whaling operation in the Southern Ocean that the Australian Government refused to ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...