North Sun” may be read as a grim adventure story based on historical whaling accounts or a symbol of modern-day violence ...

The people at the center of this discovery are known as the Sambaqui. For nearly 7,000 years, these groups lived along the ...

Several harpoons and the remains of whales on the south coast of Brazil show that people 5,000 years ago were able to hunt ...

New evidence from Brazil reveals organized whale hunting began thousands of years earlier than previously believed, challenging long-held Arctic-centric narratives.

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain have put together a multi-dimensional argument that Indigenous ...

A new exhibition at the New Bedford Whaling Museum explores early photography, providing a window into the lives of those who ...

The excerpt from a ballad written in the 1930s still depicts Avila Beach, the seaside community which will celebrate its ...

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jason T. Raupp is the author of a new book, “Wrecked on the Reef: Maritime Archaeology of ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

Welcome to the captivating world of whaling, a practice that has shaped human history across millennia. Whaling is the hunting of whales primarily for their oil, meat, and baleen. It is a practice ...

A new exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum is set to explore the history of incarceration in Bristol County, including rare artifacts from the Ash Street Jail, the oldest continuously operating ...

Proud sponsor of Greater Huntington. Let’s Connect at ConnectOneBank.com. The biggest, life-sized inflatable whale in New York — large enough for visitors to walk inside — will be touring Long Island ...