Two orcas harpooned in front of a group of whale watchers puts a spotlight on St. Vincent's controversial whaling practice.

Hunting Sperm Whales in rowboats is a perilous business. With a forehead as wide as a locomotive and a body as powerful, a skewered whale can head- butt a wooden boat, burst up beneath it and toss it ...

Whaling is not what it used to be in the days of Moby Dick. Stinking old sailing whalers have given way to stinking little steamers. Earringed harpooners have yielded to modern marksmen, who earn as ...

AASIAAT, Greenland (Reuters Life!) - For Ib Brandt, whale hunting started out as a family affair. But when his brothers became too old to work, they sold the small boat that had been in their Inuit ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The “Pierce darting gun” is named ...

NEAH BAY, Wash., Sept. 9 -- -- NEAH BAY, Wash., Sept. 9 -- It was about 6:30 on a beautiful Saturday morning, with gray whales all around, when Wayne Johnson decided he had waited long enough: It was ...

As Iceland’s latest whaling season comes to a close, a heated debate continues over the ethics and sustainability of the country’s policy on these marine mammals. Filmmaker and activist Micah Garen — ...