For the last 30 years, fans of Herman Melville's 1851 novel have gathered for a live, 25-hour reading of the whole book.

Burton Constable Hall, a stately home in the UK, is calling for the return of bones taken as keepsakes from its 48-foot whale ...

University of Florida researcher Dr. Rudolf Scheffrahn recently helped to discover a new termite species. It looks like Moby Dick.

A Smithsonian team of scientists re-examined a fossil sperm whale for the first time in 90 years and created an entirely new group in the sperm whale family, Albicetus, and introduced the species, ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will kick off its 30th annual Moby-Dick Marathon weekend with a special dinner and lecture Jan. 2, 2026. The event, held in the museum's Harbor View Gallery, will ...

Hit the Lights! Theater Co. is pleased to present their original shadow play WHALES at The PIT. Inspired by punk rock house bands, interactive game shows, documentaries, and Herman Melville’s seminal ...

"Wilt thou not chase the white whale! Art not game for Moby Dick?" And as Captain Ahab demanded this of chief mate Starbuck in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, so you are asked ...

In 2026 I am taking a measured approach to rereading Moby-Dick, flinging my harpoon at one chapter per day. This means being ...

On March 7 it was announced that Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has left the band my mutual consent. Mastodon formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2000, and Hinds was there right from the start. The band’s ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s 2010 adaptation of Melville’s unruly novel opens this week at the Metropolitan Opera. By Wendy S. Walters When ...