Blue whales might be some of the most iconic creatures on the planet, but for all their impressive features, there’s still plenty we don’t know about them. One particularly confounding mystery is why ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, ...

The opening reception of a year-long series of exhibitions “Hudson: A History of Whaling & Maritime Commerce” will be ...

The harpooned whales of South Georgia met a brutal fate: winched onto boats then dumped on land, they were dragged to industrial whaling ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Bob Warneke made a significant contribution to the scientific knowledge of Victoria’s terrestrial and marine mammals and the ...

Local Buses: The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority serves New Bedford and nine other communities in Massachusetts’s ...

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 ...

In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Education and Outreach Manager Thomas McLenigan talks about the museum’s Lunch and ...

Wyland originally painted his first Whaling Wall in Laguna Beach in 1981 at age 25, 10 years after he spotted his first gray whale at the same location. (Photo courtesy of Wyland)At the time ...

Here are Things To Do around Fall River, the SouthCoast, and beyond this week: New Bedford Whaling Museum to screen ‘Down to the Sea in Ships’ with Grammy-nominated pianist The New Bedford ...