A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over ... The whale was believed to be around 130 years old at the time of capture- potentially making it the oldest ...

Norway has hunted whales in its own waters for centuries, but key technological advances, such as the exploding harpoon cannon, developed by its whalers in the 19 th century, enabled the expansion of ...

(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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local researchers are using centuries-old whaling log books to study how weather patterns have changed. Part of their research is being done at the Providence Public ...

But defenders of the whale-hunt say the fifteen year old ban on commercial whaling has ... They were usually slaughtered with harpoon charges which exploded inside the animals' bodies.

13.2 x 18.4 cm. (5.2 x 7.2 in.) ...

So it was when Moby Dick* was a virile old devil. But intelligence ... and keep leviathan in sight until the harpoons arrive. *Semi-fabulous white whale whose demoniac history was recorded by ...

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 ...

Against this backdrop, Japan is still fighting an old foe – Sea Shepherd founder and controversial anti-whaling activist Paul Watson. He is in jail in Greenland, fighting extradition to Japan ...

For now, he’s keeping his options open. Scott Kapnick, the press-averse 65-year-old chief executive of private credit manager HPS Investment Partners, has been busy drawing up the firm’s next ...