In total, 17,072 whales, such as sei and Antarctic minke whales, have been flensed and cut up in the Antarctic Sea, the Northwest Pacific Ocean and waters around Japan.

While researchers along the East Coast have been documenting an “unusual whale mortality event” since 2016, there is a lot of ...

Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet mother ship, the Kangei Maru, which can be anticipated will mean renewed frequent clashes with environmental groups that are also acquiring a new ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts. The Kangei Maru, the successor to the ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

Undeterred by declining appetites for whale meat, and unfazed by global opposition to commercial hunts, Japan's whaling industry is doubling down. Earlier this month, a company unveiled a new ...

We get on board the Sea Shepherd’s high-speed new boat as it sails to Antarctica to face off against Japanese whalers on their summer hunt. The morning is bright, the night watch has just ...

The fisheries ministry has set a kill cap for the season of 52 minke, 150 Bryde's and 25 sei whales. Five Japanese whaling vessels have set sail for the country's first commercial hunt in decades ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- Anti-whaling groups have claimed partial victory in their attempts to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt in Antarctic waters. Dogged by Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd Conservation ...

From mid-April through October, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, plays host to several whale species, including humpback, pilot and minke whales. For a memorable whale watching experience in Cape Cod ...