Since the old days, some species of whales have almost fully recovered. Some are still imperiled and some species will soon be gone forever.

Note: Pleased be advised that some of the images of whaling in this video are graphic and may be disturbing for some viewers. This Genevieve Johnson speaking to you from Albany, in Western Australia.

(NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2022 ROV and Mapping Shakedown via Courthouse News) NEW ORLEANS (CN) — Researchers say the wreck of a whaling ship more than two centuries old has likely been identified near ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...

Killing them causes them fear, panic and pain. The old way of whaling with a plain harpoon meant a slow and agonising death. Modern hunters though aim to kill the animal instantly, usually with an ...

I bought it the first time I went down to South Georgia — to work as an electrician for Christian Salvesen, Britain's biggest whaling company. I was employed first at Leith Harbour on South ...

A lot of oil could be extracted from the bones as well as from the blubber. Take a trip back in time with John Alexander's stunning photos of his time in the whaling industry.

In 2018, Japan tried one last time to convince the IWC to allow whaling under sustainable quotas, but failed. So it left the body, effective from July 2019.