Tag: Whales

Since 2017, 99 North Atlantic right whales have been reported in poor health, seriously injured or dead due to fishing ...

Southern right whales are closely related to the majestic North Atlantic right whales that lucky whale watchers sometimes spot off ...

It’s mind-bending to imagine what some of our world’s oldest whales have seen–some of these massive mammals can live to ...

From the outside, the Tunny Club looks like any other seaside fish and chip shop. A short walk from Scarborough ...

Deepwater Horizon is one of the most infamous oil spills in history. But while many people remember the tragedy and ...

Two North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species, have been seen entangled in fishing gear off the coast of ...

In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville’s epic novel of 1851, the author asks if whales would survive the remorseless human hunt. Yes, ...

Scientists have estimated that bowhead whales — the longest-living whale species — can live more than 200 years. It was ...

On Dec. 6, Iceland‘s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic ...

In 1893, the World’s Fair was getting under way in Chicago, the world’s first number plates appeared on cars in ...