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Hearts, tails and blubber at Japan fin whale tasting

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

"Once young people eat it and they realise it's good, they will eat it more and more," Hideki Tokoro, the head of Japan's main whaling firm, said at the event a...

Japan shows first commercial fin whale catch in 48 years

Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)

Japan, one of three countries to hunt whales commercially with Norway and Iceland, this year added the fin whale to a catch list that already includes minke, Br...

No sign 'Russian spy' whale shot dead: Norway police

Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)

Nicknamed "Hvaldimir" in a pun on the Norwegian word for whale ("hval") and its purported ties to Moscow, the white beluga first appeared off the coast in Norwa...

Taiwan volunteers fight rise in whale and dolphin strandings

Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)

More than 100 dolphins and whales now wash up on Taiwan's beaches every year, a sharp rise over the past decade, according to researchers. After spotting a beac...

'Russian spy' whale was shot dead: animal rights groups

Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)

The organisations NOAH and One Whale said they had filed a complaint with Norwegian police asking them to open a criminal investigation. Nicknamed "Hvaldimir" i...

Japan ex-whaler says Watson activists endangered lives

Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)

In the 2000s and 2010s the activists played a rough high-seas game of cat and mouse with Japanese ships as they sought to slaughter hundreds of whales every yea...

Baleen Whales' genetic adaptations over 50 million years revealed

Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)

PhD candidate Gabrielle Genty from the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University noted, "We actually know very little about the genetic diversit...

Whaling: why the practice will not go away

Aug 24, 2024 (AFP)

A 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling allowed numbers to recover following centuries of hunting that decimated the population to near-extinction. Today three ...

Humpback Whales Recognized as Tool-Wielding Animals in New Study

Aug 21, 2024 (SPX)

"Many animals use tools to help them find food," stated Professor Lars Bejder, co-lead author of the study and Director of MMRP. "But very few actually create o...

Anti-whaling activist Watson has 'no regrets' after arrest: colleague

Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)

"Paul is doing well, he is in good spirits. He has no regrets," Lamya Essemlali said in a statement after visiting Watson in custody in Nuuk, Greenland, on Mond...

Dolphin cruises help Istanbul treasure its Bosphorus bottlenoses

Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)

Whether they live there or are just passing through, dolphins and porpoises feel very much at home in the busy strait that bisects the Turkish megapolis of some...

Denmark awaits Japan's extradition request for anti-whaling activist

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

Watson, the 73-year-old American-Canadian founder of activist group Sea Shepherd, was arrested on Sunday in Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, under an ...

French star Bardot slams Japan's 'manhunt' against anti-whaling activist

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

Watson was arrested in Greenland on Sunday, and pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan, he will be held until 15 August. His ship had docked to...

World's rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16.4 foot) long, beaked creature were found near a river mouth in southern Otago province on July 4, government research...

12 whales put down in Scotland mass stranding

Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)

Seventy-seven long-finned pilot whales were found washed ashore on Thursday, with 65 already dead, by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) in the Sanda...

'Mass stranding' of more than 70 pilot whales in Scotland

Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)

A total of 77 long-finned pilot whales were found on the island of Sanday in Orkney, off the northeastern coast of Scotland, after the British Divers Marine Lif...

First-Ever Insights into Blue Whale Reproduction Captured

Jul 08, 2024 (SPX)

The whales were observed off the coast of Timor-Leste during the annual monitoring of the Austral-Indonesian population of pygmy blue whales. These whales under...

Hope for Mekong dolphins as Cambodia numbers increase: minister

Jul 01, 2024 (AFP)

Irrawaddy dolphins -- small, shy creatures with domed foreheads and short beaks -- once swam through much of the mighty Mekong, all the way to the delta in Viet...

Iceland's only whaler says unlikely to hunt this year

Jun 14, 2024 (AFP)

Iceland, Norway and Japan are the only three countries that allow commercial whaling despite fierce opposition from animal rights activists. On Tuesday, Iceland...

Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms

Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)

Their diminished size could have big impacts on survival rates and reproductive success -- and trigger ripple effects throughout their entire food webs. For the...