NEMURO, Hokkaido–This year’s commercial whaling of minke whales has begun off the coast of eastern Hokkaido, with the first ...

What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

Large-scale multidisciplinary ecological survey reveals long-term changes in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ...

The Makah is a marine-based Tribe. Their history and identity are tied to the sea—as are their traditional foods.

An endangered North Atlantic right whale, swimming in the Gulf off the Florida coast, was captured on video by SeaTrek ...

— News of the part Lt. Gen Simon Boliver Buckner, Jr. is taking in about the invasion of the Japanese Ryukon island is of special interest in Kodiak because when he was head of the Alaskan Department ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more ...

Landscape and travel photographer Sibéal Turraoin took a hiking trip to Iceland, decided to stay for the winter and is still ...

A rising, global demand for krill as a dietary supplement has been ravaging Antarctica's remote, frigid waters through krill ...

"We could not confirm its size, but it doesn't look like a calf or juvenile. It looks more like an adult or sub-adult." ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.