Here’s everything to know about the real Essex whale attack — and the tragic events that followed. On Nov. 20, 1820, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Mass., was attacked by a large sperm whale ...

But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had declined, forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast ...

This is WhaleSpotter, an artificial intelligence-powered whale detection system that aims to transmit real-time alerts to ...

Built at a cost of US$ 47 million, the 9,300-ton Kangei Maru has a slipway to haul up to 70- ton fin whales, and can store up to 600 tons of meat. Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet ...

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

Video of the incident appeared to show the Japanese ship severely damaging the Ady ... between the whalers and the activists into a “real whale war”. A statement on the Sea Shepherd website ...

Later in life I returned to the photographs I'd taken in Antarctica – and my memories – and started painting scenes of whaling ships. I've donated paintings to several whaling museums in the ...

After this expedition and a year exploring the West, Melville joined the crew of the whaling ship Acushnet in January of 1841. The thrilling adventure that occurred during the next three years ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...